Editor’s Note: For the past five years, while the New American Journal has continued to keep up with some major stories related to the natural environment such as the latest news on global warming and climate change, our priorities have tended to focus largely on coverage of national science and public affairs, and some state…
Letter to the Editor MOBILE, Ala. — We dodged a bullet from Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Sally is headed this way, expected to be a Category 2 Hurricane when it makes landfall on Tuesday. Once again, we will be on the wet side. Meteorologists are predicting catastrophic and life-threatening rain and resultant flooding. Is this the…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As we have been predicting all along, the pro-business chamber of commerce Republicans have now come out of the closet and said publicly that they will not support former judge Roy Moore in his bid to replace Jeff Sessions and Luther Strange in the United States Senate. The…
By Glynn Wilson – The Obama administration on Friday released the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the final rule that establishes safeguards to protect communities from coal ash impoundment failures, like the catastrophic 2008 spill in Kingston, Tennessee,…
Alabama Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn, who made waves in the state by having the gall to try to do his job by calling for hearings on utility rates, was routed by challenger Chris “Chip” Beeker Jr. in the July 15 Republican primary runoff election. Beeker took 59 percent of the vote, 119,041 votes, over…
