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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Thursday September 05, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Army Aviation Transforming for Future Fight
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 4 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: Army aviation is modernizing for large-scale combat operations with new doctrine, changes in education and a focus on supporting the Army in a dangerous global security environment. "The battlefields of yesteryear are different than the battlefields that we're contemplating in the future," Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, commanding general of the Army Aviation Center of Excellence and  more

Community Groups Challenge EPA's Weak Coke Ovens Rule in Court
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: A coalition of clean air and health advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to stop industry giants from releasing cancer-causing air pollution, like benzene from coke oven plants. In Western Pennsylvania, Northern Indiana, Alabama, and other locations throughout the U.S., coke oven plants superheat coal in a kiln. The process releases   more