U.S. Politics Today: Alabama Environment News

Alabama sheriffs feed inmates on $1.75 a day

17 May 2008 00:53 GMT

... ranch were pregnant o... European and Latin American leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by an on... ...

Timing at issue for oil-shale development

15 May 2008 23:37 GMT

... Former Rep. Jim Hansen, a consultant for Alabama-based Oil Shale Exploration Co., said mining oil ... energy sources, leaving behind oil shale, an environmental "whipping boy." Oil Shale Exploration Co. is ... partnership of Daniel G. Elcan, a Mobile., Ala., commercial real-estate developer; T. Barr Linton, a ...

Tennessee Valley Authority's 1st woman, only Democrat leaving board of directors

15 May 2008 23:31 GMT

... her last board meeting Monday in Florence, Ala., the TVA directors will adopt the agency's broadest environmental policy ever embracing the concept of ... change and the need to reduce air pollution and waste and preserve water and land ...

TVA board's 1st woman, only Democrat departing

15 May 2008 23:29 GMT

... in which she promoted openness, conservation and environmental efforts at the nation's largest public utility. ... her last board meeting Monday in Florence, Ala., the TVA directors will adopt the agency's ... change and the need to reduce air pollution and waste and preserve water and land ...

An Average Joe for President

15 May 2008 22:57 GMT

... slash energy prices and clean up the environment by dramatically shifting America's energy sources to ... power. Joe favors US ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. On the surface, Joe's ... himself is leading by example. He told Alabama journalist Ken Kifer in 2002: "We share ...

Nucor considering Louisiana site for $2 billion iron - making plant

15 May 2008 22:32 GMT

... before settling on a location near Mobile, Ala. According to Nucor, the plant's initial phase, ... effectiveness of new technology to protect the environment," Nucor chief executive officer Daniel DiMicco said ... the site last year, ThyssenKrupp said the Alabama site offered much-cheaper power rates. The plant ...

Local calendar, May 15

15 May 2008 21:55 GMT

... or www.cccollege.edu "Going Green - The New Environmental Style," a presentation on environmentally responsible coatings ... of each month at Denny's Restaurant, 1180 Alabama St., Redlands. The public is invited. Information: ...

Term ending for last Democrat on TVA board

15 May 2008 21:33 GMT

... to make the agency more receptive to environmental concerns. She also is delighted by the ... At her last meeting Monday in Florence, Ala., the board is expected to adopt TVA's ... change and the need to reduce air pollution and waste, and preserve water and land ...

Climbing As Easy As Walking For Smaller Primates

15 May 2008 21:30 GMT

... have made this shift into a rich environment with insects and fruits without increased energetic ... were done at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, and the others at the ...

Climbing just as easy as walking for some primates: study

15 May 2008 21:27 GMT

... Science, researchers at

Nordstrom Reports 2008 First Quarter Earnings Per Share Of 54 Cents

15 May 2008 20:39 GMT

... per share plan, despite the challenging retail environment. Earnings per diluted share decreased 10 percent ... 7, 2008, a 211,000-square-foot store at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; -- On ...

Mom's depression linked to kid's injuries

15 May 2008 19:13 GMT

... of young children as well. University of Alabama at Birmingham psychologist David Schwebel examined a ... mothers may not appropriately safeguard the physical environments that children engage in, Schwebel says. Another ...

Small primate ancestors had a leg up

15 May 2008 19:12 GMT

... have made this shift into a rich environment with insects and fruits without increased energetic ... were done at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, and the others at the ...

AAA-rated bond insurer backs 6 Alabama issues

15 May 2008 17:17 GMT

... AAA-rated bond insurer backs 6 Alabama issues by Birmingham News business staff Thursday ... bonds sold by the Alabama Water and Pollution Control Authority, the Cullman County Public Buildings ...

Bechtel Is Number One U.S. Contractor for Tenth Straight Year

15 May 2008 16:58 GMT

... history; and Brown's Ferry Unit 1 in Alabama, the first nuclear reactor to come into ... MarketWire Copyright (C) 2008, NewsBlaze, Tags: Tags: Environment, Oil, Gas and Energy, Real Estate, Building ...