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When a deadly explosion destroyed BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The aftermath of exposure of chemicals called oil dispersants was at the heart of Alabama Public Radio’s national award-winning documentary “Oil and Water: 10 Years Later.”
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Earth Day is celebrated during the month of April, but there are also several other free events happening throughout coastal Alabama this month to help people learn about and appreciate the local environment.
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Oyster habitats are rapidly disappearing around the world. That doesn’t just mean losing a delicacy. Oysters also play a major role in coastal environments. A team of scientists on Mobile Bay is working to turn that loss around. That effort may have national impact.
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A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the vessel arrived in Alabama's Mobile Bay.
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A major oil refinery in Mobile is being sold for $75 million. Shell Oil Company announced it is selling the complex located at the northern end of Mobile…
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The ship channel at the northern end of Mobile Bay is under refurbishment in a $365 million project.The widening and deepening of the channel began Friday…
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A new proposed bridge across Mobile Bay may get a second look from local and state planning officials. The plan was declared dead over a year ago due to…
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The possibility of a toll bridge in Mobile is once again a reality.A planning group has asked the state transportation agenecy for an update on the plans…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Flounder fishing in state waters will be halted in November to protect migrating fish.The Alabama Department of Conservation and…
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — South Alabama officials dealt what the governor called a fatal blow to a proposed toll bridge across Mobile Bay.The Eastern Shore…