Black Warrior Riverkeeper

New Southern Exposure DVDs donated to all Jefferson County Library locations. For immediate release: https://lnkd.in/em4eNdS7

Thank you, Altamont Environmental Club, Birmingham City Council District 1 Councilor Clinton Woods, Calvary Resurrection Christian Church, Keep Birmingham Beautiful, Alpha Tau Omega at UAB and The Green Initiative at UAB for helping us remove 528 lbs of litter from the watershed! Join us: https://lnkd.in/d7a8k_G5

In response to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, Waterkeeper Alliance is sending a letter to the incoming Trump administration that lays out critical policy priorities, including drinking water quality, clean energy investments, strengthened water infrastructure, and modernized regulation for industrial agriculture. Waterkeeper Alliance and its global movement of more than 300 Waterkeeper groups worldwide remain steadfast in our commitment to fighting for clean, accessible water—grounded in sound science and the belief that clean water is a fundamental right for all people.

"One project featured by PBS — in 2009 — was Birmingham’s Northern Beltline, which was a $3.1 billion, 52-mile loop around the north side of the city. With the passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this zombie project was given new life after fifteen years. Construction on the first 2 miles began this summer. The remaining 50 miles are TBD." -Strong Towns

Following a big win Saturday in the Children's Harbor game, #UAB Football had its 10th (!) straight Monday litter cleanup in the Black Warrior watershed after helping Food For Our Journey. University of Alabama at Birmingham's football players and coaches have also done 3 larger cleanups with our staff this season. Join them: https://lnkd.in/dFHDRZZr

Let's finish strong in 2024! Check out our volunteer opportunities, events, and other November updates: https://lnkd.in/e_GgXvsx

"With help from his computer science teacher and data scientists from Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Max created a capstone project with two components. 'The first thing I did was a much simpler model. I looked at the whole county of Tuscaloosa, and the model said yes or no to whether or not the sewer would overflow based on precipitation information.'" -Bham Now on Max Lizee, a senior at Indian Springs School.

The 2008 coal-ash spill at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant in east Tennessee — the worst industrial disaster by volume in U.S. history — likely led to the death of dozens of cleanup workers and cost more than $1 billion in remediation efforts. Jared Sullivan’s new book on the subject, Low in the Valley, is a searing account of deliberate corporate wrongdoing that offers lessons for anyone concerned about coal-ash storage and its potential threats. We recently spoke with the author about the book. Q: What was the most striking thing you uncovered about TVA and Jacobs Engineering, TVA’s lead safety contractor at Kingston, in the course of writing this book? A: Well, I think it was troubling that the dangers of coal ash have been effectively kept under wraps for decades. I was able to obtain some TVA documents from the National Archives in Atlanta, and in this memo from 1964, TVA’s Director of Health informs TVA’s general manager that coal ash is flying out of its Paradise Fossil Plant in Paradise, Kentucky,and landing on employees’ cars and peeling off the paint. Not only that, whenever the coal ash flew into the gardens of people who lived in Paradise, it was eating away at their vegetables. And, again, this memo was from 1964, but this information never appeared in any newspaper at the time. In the same memo, TVA’s health director tells TVA’s general manager that coal ash has “definite corrosive tendencies,” which almost certainly suggests that it’s not safe for someone to inhale or consume in any way. So that, to me, was like, “Oh my gosh, they’ve had a very strong idea since the ’60s that this stuff is a hazard, and it was never made public.” Read the full article from CURRENTS https://lnkd.in/giwvC68g #coalash #kingstoncoalash #kingston #mobilebay #lowinthevalley

A crucial treaty on plastics and plastic pollution is currently being hammered out, and we need the U.S. delegation to lobby for the strongest possible terms. Will you lend your voice in support of these badly needed protections? Take action today! https://lnkd.in/eFTmiZFN