There will be a public lecture at the Archaeology Museum and Jaguar Productions at the University of South Alabama Thursday Feb. 6 with Dr. Brian Fagan, one of the world’s leading archaeological and historical writers. Dr. Fagan will be delivering a free public lecture The Attacking Ocean: Rising Sea Levels, Sea Surges, and Humanity at…
By Glynn Wilson – MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Citizens from the Gulf Coast and across the state descended on the Alabama Public Service Commission hearing room on the top floor of the imposing RSA tower in Montgomery on Wednesday to watch lawyers for a pipeline company and opposition groups argue the merits of a permit to…
Mobile area residents are calling on the Mobile City Council to pass a resolution to protect the health, safety and economic well-being of local residents and natural resources by keeping tar sands oil out of the city. Tar sands oil, also referred to by industry as “bitumen” or “heavy crude,” must be diluted with highly…
The Mobile Bay Sierra Club will present a program on “The Canadian Tar Sands’ Crude Oil Coming Soon to Mobile” at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center on Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. TransCanada Pipeline Co. is moving thick tar sands crude oil to Mobile via rail cars, then pumping it through a proposed…
The Mobile Bay Sierra Club and the Mobile Baykeeper will present the Citizen’s Guide to Coastal Restoration at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center Tuesday, May 7 beginning at 7 p.m. This is a Citizen Education and Monitoring program developed to teach coastal residents and waterfront property owners about the importance of the coastal ecosystems…
On Saturday, April 27, thousands of people in South Alabama will head to the Fairhope Pier to celebrate the state’s largest Earth Day festival. Earth Day Mobile Bay will be observing the three-year anniversary of the BP oil disaster and will feature the many organizations involved in a healthy and sustainable Gulf Coast recovery, said…
