Content Tagged 'EPA'

Mold and lead poisoning were the focal points of a meeting between federal and state health officials at a school in the Collegeville area. It got the attention of many neighbors, but it wasn't what they really wanted to hear about. Video

The school has been closed while EPA does testing on the mercury spill.

The Jefferson County Health Dept. is testing urine samples from children and parents exposed to mercury.

CBS 42's Kaitlin McCulley provides an update on the mercury clean-up and explains why parents need to get involved. Video

EPA Region 4 Director visits North Birmingham residents in a town hall meeting. Video

After many months of investigation, negotiation, and heated debates the Federal Government is saying enough is enough! Video

Federal Environmental officials meet with North Birmingham community leaders to give details on Superfund declaration. Video

Alabama, and Alabama Power rate number one for toxic coal ash storage.

Residents looking forward to change in their communities after the Superfund announcement. Video

CBS 42's Chris Womack attended a Christmas morning church service at Friendship Baptist Church of Collegeville, where people were not only celebrating the holiday, but the news from the EPA as well. Video

The EPA has declared Superfund for areas in North Birmingham. The EPA hopes this will help clean-up neighborhoods where some residents say people are dying because of the contamination. Not all residents are satisfied, however. Video

Neighbors in North Birmingham are thrilled with the latest news coming from the EPA. Video

EPA report gives a glimpse at what's involved.

What does designation as a Superfund site mean to a neighborhood? New York's Love Canal gives some clues.

Release of letter seems to have caught the Feds off guard.  |   Letter from Jeff Pallas (EPA) to Walter Coke (55.3KB)

Clean up or shut down. That's the decision facing hundreds of the nation's oldest and dirtiest power plants under an Environmental Protection Agency rule announced Wednesday that will force plants to control mercury and other toxic pollutants for the first time.

Federal and County environmental regulators update residents in North Birmingham on a year long air toxic testing program they are conducting. Video

Residents return to Hudson K-8 school in Birmingham, to let EPA and government officials know about their concerns over pollutants in the air surrounding their communities. Video

Environmental experts from Jefferson County and the Federal government plan to talk about toxic chemical testing tonight. We are live from a Birmingham school that was built just two years ago, on toxic soil that was being tested for possible clean-up. Video

EPA Region 4 Director Gwen Keyes Fleming talked briefly with CBS42 following a speech she made at the Interfaith Environmental Initiative of Alabama forum in Birmingham on Thursday. Video