Bama Environmental News - #332

Bama Environmental News

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August 9, 2010 #332

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Note: New Website for Bama Environmental News - http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/

Barefoot Green Ecoscaping

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2010/08/barefoot-green-ecoscaping.html

Opinions

Birmingham News Gulf Oil Spill Commentary by Pat Byington

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2010/08/birmingham-news-gulf-oil-spill.html

Montgomery Advertiser Gulf Oil Spill Commentary by Pat Byington

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2010/07/montgomery-advertiser-commentary-100th.html

Birmingham News Climate/Polar Commentary by UAB’s Dr. James McClintock

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2010/08/viewpoints_why_everybody_shoul.html

News

Coalition of State Environmental Groups Develop ADEM Scorecard

http://www.conservationalabama.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={7192725C-48BD-4F1A-90AF-D6C7F7517012}&DE={F7662A03-79A4-4851-B248-99BA49B0BCF5}

Where is the oil? A breakdown with graph from the Mobile Register

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/despite_oil_disappearance_scie.html

Republicans for Environmental Protection has released their latest Environmental Scorecard

http://www.rep.org/scorecard.html

Alabama Forestry Commission Announces New Champion Trees for 2010

http://www.forestry.alabama.gov/pr.aspx?ID=3479&sm=c_1

Forestry Commission Report: Alabama lost 225,000 Forest Acres from 2000-2008

http://www.forestry.alabama.gov/pr.aspx?ID=3409

Legacy Creates the Alabama Gulf Coast Environmental Recovery Fund

http://www.legacyenved.org/index.php/agcerf

Discovery Alabama Wins Emmy

http://lifethegreenway.blogspot.com/2010/08/life-green-way-featured-on-fox-6s-power.html

Videos

WBRC’s Power to Save: Life the Green Way

http://lifethegreenway.blogspot.com/2010/08/life-green-way-featured-on-fox-6s-power.html

Events/Fundraising

Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Hurricane Creekeeper Unite – August 12 @ Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama

http://blackwarriorriver.org/news/tuscaloosa-s-waterkeepers-unite-at-alabama-museum-of-natural-history.html

3^rd Annual Conference for Litter Prevention – August 18-19 @ Samford /Birmingham Botanical Gardens – Featuring Gubernatorial Candidates Dr, Robert Bentley and Ron Sparks

http://takepridestatewide.org

ARA & AEC Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Series – August 19, 5:30, Birmingham

http://www.alabamarivers.org/events/rivers-alliance-events/wild-and-scenic-film-festival

Green Building Focus – 200 Exhibitors - in Birmingham

http://greenbuildingfocus.com/default.aspx?id=1345

Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama’s Moon Over Three Caves Dance – September 18 in Huntsville.

http://landtrust-hsv.org/moon-over-three-caves-dance-sept-18/

Cahaba River Society “Fry- Down” – September 25, 10:00am to 4:00pm

http://www.cahabariversociety.org

AWF and Walmart – Help Raise $100,000 for Nature Education

http://www.alabamawildlife.org/news/?newsID=44