Alabama Sixth Most Energy Expensive State

Wallet Hub this week published a report that gives Alabama a dubious ranking: the sixth most energy expensive state. The website used data available from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Dirty Air Won’t Monitor Itself

Dirty Air Won’t Monitor Itself

Makaya Parrish, who appears in our documentary, “Toxic City: Birmingham’s Dirty Secret,” knows all too well what pollution can do to your health. Makaya has asthma, a debilitating lung condition that keeps her from playing like other kids. Her family...

Air Pollution Controls Save Lives

A 17-year longitudinal study by researchers at Duke University released in June shows that air pollution controls implemented in the early 1990s correspond with reductions in death rates from emphysema, asthma and pneumonia. The study, “Long-term dynamics of...