Duke’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic helped residents of Badin, N.C., secure a win when the state issued a new multiyear permit to the owners of a defunct aluminum smelting plant. The permit requires stricter measurement and monitoring of polluting chemicals escaping from the site. Residents say that even 15 years after the Aluminum Company […]
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Poll: Here’s what MAHA actually believes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ideas have gone mainstream, but his Make America Healthy Again movement is struggling to find its footing. MAHA-coded ideas about food and nutrition are broadly popular and a third of Americans now identify as MAHA supporters. But new results from The POLITICO Poll suggest Kennedy’s movement is disjointed. His supporters aren’t […]
I-Team dips into CAW tap water with fluoride test strips
ABC 33/40’s I-Team set out to see what customers across central Alabama are actually getting from their tap water. Using over-the-counter fluoride test kits available to the public, ABC 33/40’s I-Team conducted independent testing, collecting water samples from multiple locations across the system. To keep the process transparent, the I-Team recorded everything from the moment […]
Valdese officials delay vote on whether to remove fluoride from water
Valdese leaders delayed a decision Monday on whether to remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water, opting to gather more information after a wave of public concern and new data presented at the meeting. The Town Council voted to table the issue until its May 11 meeting, citing the need for additional time to consider […]
Birmingham ends water fluoridation amid growing statewide trend
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Birmingham has announced it will end fluoridation of its local water supply following a brief legal battle in the Jefferson County court system, joining a growing number of Alabama cities that have discontinued the practice in recent years. The decision reflects a broader statewide trend. The city of Madison voted to discontinue […]
As legislature breaks for veto period, what made it, what didn’t, what still has a chance
FRANKFORT — In Wednesday’s final hours, Kentucky lawmakers passed the state’s two-year budget bills, voted to name a highway in Boone County after the late Charlie Kirk and moved dozens of bills, while leaving some controversial legislation on the table. Both chambers adjourned right before midnight. Lawmakers will return to the Capitol on April 14 […]
Judge intends to dissolve order requiring Central Alabama Water to restore fluoride to drinking water
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – A Jefferson County judge said late Thursday afternoon, April 2, he intends to dissolve a court order that would force Central Alabama Water (CAW) to start putting fluoride back into the water supply. The state’s biggest water utility is not putting fluoride in the water supply right now and will […]
Alabama’s largest water system can stop adding fluoride after judge reverses course, ends lawsuit
A Jefferson County Judge on Thursday lifted his restraining order against Central Alabama Water, ending a legal challenge to the utility that began when it stopped adding fluoride to drinking water. The hearing before Judge Frederic Bolling lasted more than four hours as lawyers for the city of Birmingham made their case that the regional […]
Water system lawyers want judge removed from fluoride case over past disputes, disparaging remarks
Leaders at Central Alabama Water want a judge who once represented the system as a lawyer to step aside from a lawsuit that could determine whether the utility is forced to bring back fluoride to its customers. Lawyers for the utility Wednesday afternoon filed a motion asking Judge Frederic Bolling to recuse himself just a […]
Central Alabama Water seeks judge’s recusal in fluoride case
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) — Central Alabama Water (CAW) filed a motion Wednesday asking a Jefferson County judge to step aside from a lawsuit over fluoridation, citing his previous work both representing and opposing the utility when it was known as the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB). Circuit Judge Frederic Bolling issued a temporary restraining order […]