The Save Our Shoals website may not have been updated recently, but we continue to remain actively committed to fostering a 21st century economy that is good for human health, quality of life and the natural world. Follow us on Facebook, if you aren't already. … [Read more...]
How to File Your Comment
This post explains how to file your comment on the proposed NPDES Permit AL0082759 that is pending issuance to MS Industries II, LLC by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). Click here to read a simple overview of the pending NPDES permit. 1. Comment Deadline Friday, March … [Read more...]
MS Industries II, LLC Pending NPDES Permit: Overview
As it has been reported, MS Industries II, LLC has filed for a surface mining permit for non-bituminous materials. This surface mining permit will allow the company to mine a variety of substances on a particular tract of land in Lawrence County, described as the Masterson tract. Before they … [Read more...]
Tar Sands On the Agenda for SEA Meeting, February 2015
Event news from Charles Rose, president of the Shoals Environmental Alliance. Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Time: Refreshments at 5 p.m., Presentations & Meeting 5:30 - 7 p.m. Where: Florence Public Library What: Monthly Meeting of Shoals Environmental Alliance Topic: The … [Read more...]
Fact Sheet #3
Fact Sheet #3 is an updated version of Fact Sheet #2. The difference? This version includes an updated list of state legislators in the counties that will be directly affected by tar sands surface mining, additional companies identified as actively seeking to buy or lease land for oil sands … [Read more...]
A Brighter Future Begins Today
In the first two iterations of our email newsletter, I included the following thank-you and framework of my own vision for what Alabama can be. I thought I'd share it here, for all to see. If you aren't signed up for our email updates, you can join here. Thanks for your interest in fighting … [Read more...]
How will Alabama’s oil sands be mined and processed?
“Developing” the Hartselle sandstone formation in Alabama will be a multi-step process that involves mining or in situ extraction, then processing to separate the bitumen. When the bitumen is extracted from the sand and clay, the bitumen is processed into heavy crude oil, which is then transported … [Read more...]
Email Newsletter Update
I'm in the midst of changing email list management providers, due to ongoing problems resulting from repeated DDOS attacks on the original email list manager. I hope to have the new list optin for non-petition signers in place tonight. You can currently sign-up for our email list via the Petition … [Read more...]