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A.D.E.M. fails us again
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is among nation’s weakest state agencies when it comes to enforcing laws and protecting our water and air.
DON’T TRASH NASH
Tennessee Riverkeeper launches #DontTrashNash as part of their microplastics and cleanup program.
TAKE ACTION – FOREVER CHEMICALS
Forever Chemicals impact most Americans, especially firefighters. Our public institutions are failing to protect us.
MICROPLASTICS
The Tennessee River is polluted by as many as 16,000 - 18,000 particles per cubic meter.
WATERKEEPERS ALABAMA’S EVALUATION OF ADEM DIRECTOR LANCE LEFLEUR’S JOB PERFORMANCE LETTER
Dear Chair Walters and Members of the AEMC Personnel Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on Lance LeFleur’s performance as the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)…
WHO DOES ALABAMA’S ENVIRONMENTAL WATCHDOG WORK FOR? NOT YOU
An opinion column by Kyle Whitmire.
CHEMICALS 3M DISCHARGED WOULD BE REMOVED BY NEW WATER PLANT
Even as 3M Co. was arguing that a costly reverse osmosis filtration plant was unnecessary for a water authority downstream from its Decatur plant, it was violating an EPA order by discharging a chemical into the river that can only efficiently be removed with reverse osmosis technology.
AirWave at Yellowhammer Benefits Tennessee Riverkeeper Nonprofit
Yellowhammer Brewing Co. is hosting the AirWave festival to benefit Tennessee Riverkeeper
Winter 2018/19 NEWSLETTER
Brief summaries about recent Riverkeeper actions addressing pollution violations.
PETITION TO AMEND ADEM ADMIN. CODE R. 335-6-6-.12
This Petition seeks to have the Environmental Management Commission amend the provision of ADEM Admin. Code r. 335-6-6-.12 titled “Immediate Notification.” Presently, this regulation provides no minimum notification standard nor does it prescribe the content for such a report to the public.
DAVID WHITESIDE SPEAKS TO THE E.P.A. ON COAL ASH
David Whiteside, Tennessee Riverkeeper, speaks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging the EPA to classify Coal Ash as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.