PHOTO: The Xtreme Express Convenience is located on Gault Avenue in Fort Payne. By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — According to records obtained from the Alabama Department of…
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Around 40,000 gallons of Gasoline leaked from Fort Payne fuel station
PHOTO: Over a period of several months, the Xtreme Express Convenience, located on Gault Ave North in Fort Payne, leaked approximately 40,000 gallons of gas into the ground. (Tyler Pruett |…
DeKalb water determined safe for drinking
By Joseph M. Morgan joseph@southerntorch.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.— Last Thursday eight Alabama water systems, including two in Northeast Alabama, were the subject of drinking water advisories issued by the Alabama Department…
The Obama Administration's Latest Overreach: The Clean Power Plan
Joint Op-ed by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange and Katherine Robertson In the torrent of overreaching directives coming from Washington to the states, Alabamians may not be aware of the ongoing…
Aderholt Statement on the President's Visit to Alabama
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) today released the following statement in regard to President Obama’s visit to Alabama. "President Obama is looking to regulate the symptoms of the years…
Concern Over Proposed EPA Clean Air Act Regulation
Business Council of Alabama President and CEO William J. Canary has submitted concerns over a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that will cost Alabama businesses and consumers at least $5.2 billion in…
Ditch the Proposed WOTUS Rule
Business Council of Alabama President and CEO William J. Canary today wrote the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the BCA opposes their goal of…
Maze-like EPA Carbon Rule Graphic Shows Complexity of Costly Change
New illustrations showing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon reduction rule making process are a bureaucratic delight but a consumer and electric producer’s nightmare. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s before-and-after…