News

Climate & energy, clustered across 38 sources.

Alabama seeks federal permit to fill wetlands for Birmingham Northern Beltline highway project

Alabama officials are seeking federal permission to fill a stretch of wetlands and streams to move forward on the Birmingham Northern Beltline, a decades-long highway project that critics say is unnecessary and will destroy huge swaths of sensitive forests, wetlands and streams. The Alabama…

Coverage

Appeared in: 2026-06-26 (#19)

← Back to the brief