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Trump admin adds climate change skeptics from UAH to the Department of Energy
WAFF 48 - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Trump administration added three researchers who are known skeptics of climate change to the Department of Energy. Two of them work in the Rocket City. John Christy and Roy Spencer are research scientists at the...
Butting Picks Alabama For First U.S. Plant, $61M Investment
Business Facilities
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July 9, 2025
Butting, a Germany-based stainless steel pipe manufacturer, plans to establish its North American headquarters and first U.S. production facility in Loxley, Alabama. The project represents a total $61 million capital investment and will create up...
Amid bipartisan concern, NOAA nominee pledges to make Weather Service staffing a 'top priority'
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
As lawmakers from both parties raised concerns about staffing at the National Weather Service (NWS), President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) promised Wednesday to make the matter a “top priority.”...
Alabama auto plant plans to fight UAW’s latest state union organizing effort
AL.com - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
Another Alabama auto plant is responding to an effort to organize under the United Auto Workers. And like the labor battles of 2024, the company is appealing directly to workers ahead of an expected election. The UAW last week notified the...
Germany’s Butting selects Alabama for HQ and its first U.S. production facility
Made in Alabama
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July 9, 2025
LOXLEY, Alabama — Butting, a global stainless steel pipe manufacturer, announced plans today to establish its North American headquarters and first United States production facility in Baldwin County as part of a $61 million growth project. The...
Texas flooding victims: From young campers to a dad saving his family, what we know about the lives lost
KAKE - Kansas
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Young campers at Camp Mystic and a dad saving his family were among the at least 118 people who were killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend. Here's what we know about the lives lost: Chloe...
Community Action Partnership of North Alabama urgently seeks applicants
The Moulton Advertiser - Alabama
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The Community Action Partnership of North Alabama (CAPNA) is actively seeking new applicants for its Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which provides free energy efficiency upgrades to qualifying low-income households across North Alabama....
Senator Lankford and Congressman Brecheen urge EPA to Investigate Environmental Risks of Abortion Drug Mifepristone
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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Washington, D.C. — This month, Oklahoma's senior U.S. Senator James Lankford and Second District Congressman Josh Brecheen urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the environmental and public health risks of the abortion...
Alabamians answer call to help Texas flood victims after deadly holiday weekend
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
When a natural disaster strikes, it wreaks havoc on those directly impacted and leaves others feeling powerless to help. But across Alabama, people are turning that feeling into action. The recent Texas flood over the Fourth of July weekend —...
Trump Administration hires 2 Alabama climate change skeptics for energy department
AL.com - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Energy Department has hired two Alabama scientists who are well-known for their skepticism about human-influenced climate change. The New York Times is reporting that John Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist since 2000, and Roy...
Tuberville secures endorsement from Alabama Associated General Contractors
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is continuing to gain the support of organizations across the state as he looks to become the next governor of Alabama in 2026. On Wednesday, Tuberville’s campaign announced that he has secured the endorsement of yet...
Do we have to take climate risks into our own hands now?
Vox
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July 9, 2025
In 2023, my husband and I bought our house in southwest Colorado, in part, because it backed up to open space. That was the dream: trails just past the fence, a scrubby network of oak and sage stretching out into the hills beyond. But a little...
Flood heartbreak, UAW, firework injuries: Down in Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
Texas tragedy Among the victims of Friday’s flooding in Texas Hill Country was 8-year-old Sarah Marsh of Mountain Brook, reports AL.com’s Hannah Denham. At our deadlines the overall death toll being reported by the Associated Press had risen above...
Katie Britt slams Democrats for ‘deranged’ Trump attacks after Texas floods: ‘Their toxicity is not normal’
AL.com - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt criticized Democrats for what she said was their politicizing of the catastrophic Texas flooding that occurred last week. Britt said “there will be time” later to investigate how more than 100 people were killed in...
Weekly “What is it?”: Flash floods
UF/IFAS
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July 9, 2025
The Guadalupe River in Texas rose more than 25 feet in an hour, taking out trees and wiping out homes in the process. Photo credit: Catherine Matthews Like many of you, my head and heart have been wrapped up in the news of the devastating Texas...
Mobile couple, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, still missing as Texas flood death toll tops 100
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
A Mobile couple remains missing after devastating flash floods swept through central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend, as the death toll from the disaster surpasses 100. Eddie Santana Sr., 69, and his wife, Ileana Santana, 66, were visiting...
The faces of the Texas flooding tragedy
East Idaho News
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July 9, 2025
(CNN) — Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home were simply, “I love you.” He had made a split-second decision to thrust his arm through a window to help his fiancée, two young kids and mom escape...
First Alert Weather: Scattered showers likely for next few days
WBRC 6 News - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Next 24 Hours: Rain chances should be a bit higher today, especially north of I-20, as a mid-level trough slides across the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. That system is helping to draw in some southwesterly flow...
Quirky Alabama Town Known for Southern Charm and Lake Adventures
Catfish Tuscaloosa - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
There is one Alabama town that stood out to Islands for its “good food, music, and plenty of space for outdoor adventures.” READ MORE: Quirky Alabama Road Names The town, well, it has what some would call a quirky name. Still, it originates from...
Alabama Red Cross: Help available for families traveling to Texas after flooding disaster
WBRC 6 News - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The flooding devastation in Texas is hitting close to home for Alabamians for various reasons. “My heart breaks for everyone who’s been affected by this, both directly and indirectly,” said David Rauch with the Red Cross...