Birmingham, AL – An advocacy group says Alabama made significant progress in environmental protection in 2008, with greater use of alternative energy and tougher standards aimed at more than 50 cancer-causing pollutants.
The Birmingham-based Green Resource Center for Alabama, a nonprofit organization formed in 2007, released its Green Gauge report Monday.
The report lists about two dozen instances of progress in advancing environmental causes in Alabama, which has struggled with urban air pollution and other environmental threats.
GRC president Scott Walton said possibly the single greatest accomplishment of the year has been raising awareness about environmental protection.
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