Clean Air Journal

Meet Danielle, Spring 2022, GND4BHM Intern

Meet Danielle, Spring 2022, GND4BHM Intern

GASP: What are your plans after graduation? Danielle: After graduating high school I will be going to college and most likely majoring in environmental science.  GASP: What is your dream job? Danielle: My dream job is to be a conservation biologist because I love our earth and wildlife and want to...

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Sign on to Support the Clean Power Plan

Sign on to Support the Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed the Clean Power Plan, which would reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants by 30 percent by 2030. These new standards...

Alabama Power to Close Coal Units

Alabama Power to Close Coal Units

Last Friday, Alabama Power announced that it is closing two small coal units at Plant Gorgas (the oldest units at the plant), as well as reducing or eliminating coal from four others at Plant Barry...

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,...

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...