BEN - April 27, 2012 #394

Picks of the Week:

BEN Publisher Pat Byington's Latest Earth Day Commentary

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/04/ben-publisher-pat-byingtons-birmingham.html

This Summer - Legacy Educator Workshops 

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/04/legacy-summer-educator-workshops.html

Open Space Institute Seeking Coordinator

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/04/osi-seeking-field-coordinator.html

The Nature Conservancy's Picnic for the Planet in Birmingham

News Across Alabama

Times Daily:  April 27th Tornadoes Environmental Damage and Recovery

http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Long-road-ahead-for-outdoor-recovery,189959

CBS-42: Two Alabama Schools Named "Green Ribbon Schools" - Munford Elementary & Winterboro High School in Talladega

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Two-Alabama-schools-named-Green-Ribbon/GgvAMkojP0qpL3cF8ucqrQ.cspx

Birmingham News: Benefits of alternative fuels touted at Birmingham biofuels conference

http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2012/04/benefits_of_natural_gas_electr.html

Cleburne News: Local protest rally against Talladega National Forest oil and gas drilling set for May 14th

http://www.cleburnenews.com/view/full_story/18369393/article-Local-protest-rally-set-for-May-17-on-oil-gas-leases?instance=home_sports

Montgomery Advertiser: State lacks climate plan

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120423/NEWS02/304230008/Report-State-lacks-climate-change-plan?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cs

Op-eds, Links, Audio and Videos

Birmingham News: Legacy of the April 27th Tornadoes (Gallery)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/04/april_27_legacy_alabama_commun.html

Gulf Restoration Network Video "Tell BP the oil is still here and so are we"

https://secure3.convio.net/grn/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=371&JServSessionIdr004=bxjo6cgyo1.app333b

Julie Dermansky's photos from the BP oil spill - a 2nd anniversary retrospective

http://web.mac.com/jsdart/Site/OIL_LEAK.html

Mobile Baykeeper Launches Swim Guide

http://mobilebaykeeper.org/news/mobile-baykeeper-launches-swim-guide

NY Times Opinion - "Why do Trees matter?"  (Thanks to BEN reader Stan Palla for the article)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/opinion/why-trees-matter.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share

Events, Grants & Job Openings

Job Openings & Events (April 27th Update)

http://bamanews2.blogspot.com/2012/04/job-openings-tennessee-parks-and.html