Environment, Forestry and Agriculture

3M announced today that it is joining the Water Resilience Coalition, an industry-led initiative of the United Nations aiming “to preserve the world’s freshwater resources and achieve a net positive water impact.”

State and local officials gathered with officials of Westwater Resources Inc. today to announce plans for a first-of-its-kind graphite processing plant in Coosa County. Gov....

Josh Carpenter, PhD, has been appointed president and CEO and Allen Bolton executive vice president for strategy and finance at Birmingham-based Southern Research. The scientific...

City and state officials joined leadership of HudsonAlpha Institute this morning to break ground for a campus expansion.  The new facility will be used...

This story appears in the May 2021 issue of Business Alabama Magazine.  A fifth-generation farmer, Christina Woerner McInnis’ childhood memories are of the land.  “I literally...

Dr. Matthew Niemiller has been awarded a five-year, $1.029 million National Science Foundation grant to study groundwater biodiversity in the central and eastern United...

Huntsville residents Bob and Sue Kuehlthau have donated 248 acres to the Land Trust of North Alabama to expand the Green Mountain Nature Preserve....

Working to meet Japan’s green energy goals, Itochu Corp. is selling its 20% stake in Drummond Co.’s Columbia coal operations, the Japan Times reports. Itochu...

The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development is working on updating Alabama’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), which steers federal funding to...

Steve Kinney was thrilled to harvest an eight-point buck in December when he hunted for the first time in his 59 years during a...