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Alabama Rivers Alliance releases 2011 annual report

Posted on January 1, 2012May 27, 2016 by Kelly

Alabama Rivers Alliance releases 2011 annual report From Executive Director Cindy Lowry: This past year brought many ups and downs for rivers across America. We faced the 42,000 gallon Exxon Mobile […]

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From @aldotcomnews today: Under threat of being su From @aldotcomnews today: Under threat of being sued, the city of Bessemer has released the non-disclosure agreement that its elected mayor signed with the developer of a massive and controversial $14.5 billion data center. After refusing for months to show the secrecy agreement to the public, the city recently released a copy to the Alabama Rivers Alliance and its lawyers. “It’s deeply concerning when it takes legal threats for a government to comply with basic transparency laws,” said Ryan Anderson, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, which threatened to sue Bessemer on behalf of the Rivers Alliance. “What’s worse,” she added, “is the city frustrated an open records act request for a document that’s very purpose is to shield information from the public about a highly controversial data center.”
Friends, grab your calendars and put a special sta Friends, grab your calendars and put a special star on August 18! Join ARA and our partners for a special celebration of Martha Hunter and her recent retirement! We'll be at @rojobham and have free chips and dips and a special toast! Other food and drink available for purchase. And Rojo will donate 10% of all proceeds to ARA in Martha's honor! Learn more at the link in bio and we will see you there!
It's been a whirlwind of chaotic energy after the It's been a whirlwind of chaotic energy after the first couple of weeks for the new Southern Exposure Film fellows! They've waded through the Cahaba AND Catawba Rivers checking out the beloved spider lily, flown right above the Tallapoosa River and the surrounding fields, discovered more about our state's groundwater resources and the communities that rely on them, talked to experts about clean energy, and we found some time to celebrate a birthday away from home! Next week some of us will be headed to Dauphin Island to search for snowy plovers and diamondback terrapins. The next few weeks are sure to be a cacophony of activity! Scroll through and take a look at the past two weeks. Mark your calendars now for the premiere of our new films September 25 in Birmingham, and then all over Alabama after! #AlabamaRivers #SouthernExposureFilms #CahabaRiver #CatawbaRiver #TombigbeeRiver #McIntosh #CleanEnergy #SpiderLily #Groundwater #CoastalBirds #DauphinIsland #Terrapins #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers
Creating good public policy is complicated and som Creating good public policy is complicated and sometimes messy and there is no better example of that than yesterday's vote in Birmingham on a data center ordinance. There are many positive aspects to the ordinance that was passed yesterday, including the requirement for hyperscale data centers to submit water conservation plans, and a requirement for all data centers to use closed loop cooling systems, which decrease water use. Unfortunately removing a formal process for public participation in future data center development leaves a very important part of good public policy on the table. We are grateful that the city council has taken these steps to regulate data center development, but we remain committed to continuing to hold data centers and elected officials accountable for protecting our communities and our environment from the harmful impacts of data centers. #DataCenters #Alabama #ALPolitics #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #AlabamaRivers
MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friend MACON COUNTY! We’ll be in Tuskegee with our friends at SELC, Rising Gardens and BlackBelt Women Rising on Wednesday, June 10 to talk about the proposed SSE4 pipeline cutting straight across Macon County. Make plans now to join us there, see up to date maps of the path of the pipeline expansion, ask questions and more! Learn more from the link in bio or join us in person next Wednesday!
WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is exci WE ARE HIRING! The Alabama Rivers Alliance is excited to announce we are hiring a Director of Community Partnerships. Join our team! The Director of Community Partnerships plays an essential role in supporting and collaborating with our vast network of community partners and individual community leaders across Alabama and beyond. The person in this role ensures the Alabama Rivers Alliance’s policy advocacy work is grounded in the needs of our community and watershed partners and that our partners are informed and engaged in our broader statewide initiatives. The Director of Community Partnerships is responsible for uniting and providing leadership to Alabama’s network of local river and water-focused organizations, as well community groups with common interests, in order to maintain a strong statewide movement to protect rivers and to support the Alabama Rivers Alliance state policy work. Learn more from our link in bio! #AlabamaRivers #NowHiring #NowHiringAL #AlabamaJobs #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife
BIG NEWS from the Alabama Rivers Alliance! Martha BIG NEWS from the Alabama Rivers Alliance! Martha Hunter (organic_gal), our Director of Community Partnerships, has officially retired, as of today! Martha has dedicated countless hours (and miles!) over the past ten years at ARA strengthening our river protection movement, while making connections all across the state. Her endless energy and her passion for getting to know people and getting them connected to other Alabamians who are working so hard to defend and protect our rivers throughout the state is unprecedented! "I remember when we interviewed Martha for the job 10 years ago, our policy director at the time asked if I had given her all the answers ahead of time. She has always understood the importance of having a strong and networked alliance of partners across the state to achieve our mission of protecting healthy rivers and clean water for all!" - Cindy Lowry, ARA’s executive director Make plans now to join us on August 18 at Rojo to celebrate Martha! Take a scroll through some photos of her time with our AWESOME alliance partners and members all over the state and send her out into her next chapter with some love in the comments below! PS. She has definitely earned her time of rest but don’t worry - she won’t be disappearing. Between goat rearin’ and golf cart drivin’, she has agreed to continue to help out on some of her ongoing projects and to help onboard whoever may fill this important position for our organization. Stay tuned for a job announcement coming next week!
On this Memorial Day, we invite you to hear from R On this Memorial Day, we invite you to hear from Rowell, Jake, Ronnie, Kristie, Steve, Johnny Sr and Johnny Jr, Harry and Andre as they share the special places on the Tallapoosa River that brings them peace, while they remember the brave men and women who didn't make it home. THE RIVER'S GIFT, Directed by Patrick Kirby
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