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BAGSLY member Sarah Noone speaks while adviser Glenda Elliott listens. According to Elliott, the group’s adult advisers “show that they care about these young people and want them to feel good about themselves.”

It’s about pride: support groups help gay kids

It’s tough to be a teenager, feel good about yourself and find peer acceptance. Imagine being a gay teen.

General Green

A bill that would offer tax incentives for compressed natural gas vehicles awaits a vote in the Alabama Senate in the legislative session’s final week.

Guest Blogger: Adam Snyder’s eco-roundup

This week, the Alabama Legislature will wrap up its regular session, but several eco-related bills are still in play.

downtown

Performers at the 2012 Birmingham International Street Fair include members of the Umdabu Zulu dance and drum corps.

Bham. Intl. Street Fair to celebrate the city’s diversity

The inaugural Birmingham International Street Fair will spill onto downtown streets on Saturday, May 12.

Green

Joyce Lanning is enthusiastic about connecting the dots. 350 parts per million is the most C02 that the atmosphere can handle, according to many scientists. Photo by Jesse Chambers.

Connecting the (climate) dots in Birmingham

Connecting the dots in Birmingham on Climate Impacts Day.

Storm Recovery

Alabama is deeply religious, so it isn’t surprising God played a key role at recent storm commemorations, including one at First Baptist Church of Pleasant Grove. Photo by Jesse Chambers.

Remembering Alabamians lost in April 2011 storms

Alabama is deeply religious, so it’s no surprise God played a big role in recent storm memorials.

Green

A bill being considered by the Alabama legislature would mandate life-cycle cost analysis for highway projects in the state. Photo by Patriarca12.

Guest Blogger: Adam Snyder green commentary

Adam Snyder”s green group wants an Alabama tax holiday for energy-saving appliances.

Storm Recovery

Ala Gov. Robert Bentley was among those taking part in a storm memorial in Tuscaloosa on Friday. Photo by Andy McWhorter.

Tuscaloosa gathers to remember loss, celebrate progress

Friday afternoon, one year after an EF-4 tornado devastated Tuscaloosa, people gathered at the University of Alabama to mark the anniversary.

Crime

Joran ven der Sloot's mug shot in Aruba in june 2005. Still the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of Birmingham teen natalee Holloway, the Dutchman may be extradited from Peru -- where he is serving a sentence for killing a Peruvian woman -- to the U.s. to stand trail on a federal extortion rap.

Joran van der Sloot could face trial in Birmingham

Van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalie Holloway, will likely face extortion charges in Birmingham.

Green

The proposed Shepherd bend coal strip mine is located about 800 feet from a Birmingham Water Works Board facility that helps supply drinking water for about 200,000 people in the metro area.

Episcopal group joins opposition to Shepherd Bend mine

An Episcopal eco-group has registered their opposition to a proposed coal mine at Shepherd Bend on the Black Warrior River.

Green

Bills introduced in the Ala. legislature would create incentives for the use of alternative fuels in vehicles. Photo of Fiat being filled with natural gas by Andreas Geick.

Guest Blogger: Adam Snyder with eco-update

There was discussion in the Ala. legislature last week of alternative fuel incentives, water policy and other eco-issues.