State Water Plan Stalled
ABOVEÂ Roy McCauley, of the Alabama Pulp and Paper Council, worries that a state water plan might put an unnecessary layer...
A Straight Up Wager on Coal
Looking for a pure play in metallurgical coal? Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal is the only one you’ll find. Question is: How many are willing to bet on coal?
Renewable Energy Waste Conversion
Recycling human waste into fertilizer may seem like an indelicate topic for polite society, but it’s an important one nonetheless. Like most...
Renewable Power Liftoff
A photo of solar panels stands out on the cover of Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s annual report, and it speaks volumes about the company’s years-long...
Alabama Power Foundation: Inside Alabama’s Largest Foundation
The Alabama Power Foundation is the largest charitable foundation in the state and the 29th largest corporate foundation in the country, according to The...
Biofuel: The Farmer’s Alchemist To Stop Waste of Biomass
There’s oil in them there … corn cobs?
A Tuscaloosa-based company certainly thinks so. Inventure Renewables has created a process to take basic waste biomass,...
Clean Power Plan: EPA Cracks Down on Coal
Representatives of coal-fired utilities and politicians in Alabama have been crying foul since the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its first-ever proposal to reduce carbon...
Algae-Based Bioplastic: Algix Plan to Stop Plastic Waste
Plastics are essential in modern industry, but their downsides are hard to ignore. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 32 million tons of...
Gulf Oil Feeding Frenzy
Remember when the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef in 1989 and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound?...
Energen Corp.’s Third Act Gushes
When James McManus took over as the CEO of Energen Corp. in 2007, the company was on the brink of a transformation.
Up until the...