Citing ongoing coal waste contamination at Tennessee Valley Authority’s Colbert Fossil Plant, conservation groups have charged that the facility is violating the Clean Water Act and that failure to address these violations will result in a lawsuit. As outlined in the 60-day notice of intent to sue letter sent to TVA on Wednesday, violations at…
Daily Archives: February 13, 2013
What Will the Alabama Super Tea Party Majority Do Next?
The Big Picture – by Glynn Wilson – CAMP GUNTER HILL, Ala. – The rain has finally stopped in Montgomery, after a February deluge that swelled creeks to overflowing and made for a soggy government tea party downtown. The boys of Agribusiness munched on shrimp and pimento cheese and crackers Tuesday night, giving legislators an…
Sierra Club Joins Civil Rights Activists in White House Protest
Forty Eight Arrested in Historic Act of Civil Disobedience – Forty eight environmental activists and civil rights leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience at the White House Wednesday morning, where they demanded that President Obama deny the tar sands Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the…
Live Streaming Video: Joint Legislative Committee on Water Policy
By Glynn Wilson – CAMP GUNTER HILL, Ala. – We will be testing live streaming video via UStream Wednesday afternoon in a legislative hearing on Water Policy. There will be a meeting of the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Water Policy and Management Feb. 13 at 12:30 p.m., at the Alabama State House in Montgomery.…
