BEN - April 22, 2013 Earth Day

BEN Picks

Auntie Litter Gives Farewell Presentation

http://www.cbs42.com/2013/04/17/auntie-litter-gives-last-presentation-to-school-assembly/

Samford University Earth Day Events
http://www4.samford.edu/earthday/schedule.html

Green Living Expo in Huntsville - April 25

http://www.aces.edu/urban/documents/PressReleaseGLE2013.pdf

Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham E- Series - April 25

http://blog.al.com/greenregister/2013/04/sidewalk_environmental_film_se.html#incart_flyout_living

Earth Day at the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens - April 27

http://www.bbgardens.org/all-events.php

Earth Day Mobile Bay in Fairhope - April 27

http://www.earthdaymobilebay.org/

Southern Makers - benefiting EAT South - May 4

http://www.eatsouth.org/events/

Cahaba River Ramble in Birmingham - May 5

http://www.cahabariversociety.org/

Coastal Seafood Craze - May 10

http://joinacf.org/

Land Trust of North Alabama Jazz at Three Caves - May 18th

http://landtrustnal.org/jazz-concert-series-at-three-caves/

4th Annual Bald Eagle Bash at Weeks Bay - May 18

http://www.baldeaglebash.com/

News from The Green Register

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - April 27

http://thegreenregister.com/the-green-minute-the-national-prescription-drug-take-back-day/

Walmart Goes "all in" with Renewables and Energy Efficiency

http://thegreenregister.com/walmart-goes-all-in-on-energy-efficiency-and-renewables/

Bipartisan Consensus Growing Around LWCF

http://thegreenregister.com/bipartisan-consensus-growing-to-fully-fund-the-land-and-water-conservation-fund/

News and Opinions Across Alabama

AL.com: Black Warrior Named one of America's Most Endangered

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/black_warrior_river_named_one.html

Mobile Register: Military Muscle Added to Mobile Bay Restoration Efforts

http://www.100-1000.org/updates/military-muscle-added-mobile-bay-restoration-effort

AL.com: Lack of Research Cripples Scientists Accessing BP Oil Spill

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/lack_of_basic_research_cripple.html

AL.com: ADEM Files Suit Against TVA's Colbert Plant

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/adem_files_suit_against_tvas_c.html

Montgomery Advertiser: Lowering Waste Disposal Costs Not Right Direction - Connor Bailey

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20130407/OPINION/304050026

AL.com: Earth Day in Alabama - Inch-by-Inch - Pat Byington

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/04/this_earth_day_inch-by-inch_al.html#incart_river

Locust Fork Journal - Various Stories - BlueGreen Alliance and Fracking in the Talladega National Forest

http://blog.locustfork.net/2013/04/afl-cios-richard-trumka-joins-labor-with-environmentalists-in-bluegreen-alliance-2/

http://blog.locustfork.net/2013/04/fracking-in-the-talladega-national-forest-is-not-in-the-national-state-or-local-interest-2/

Times Daily - ADEM Files Suit to Stop TVA Colbert Plant Pollution (editorial)

http://timesdaily.com/stories/Water-pollution,205394