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This is the May 6, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.
Conservationists in California and across the West are deeply skeptical of hydropower, and it’s not hard to see why. There’s a long history of government agencies damming spectacular canyons, choking off rivers, obliterating fish populations and cutting off access to Indigenous peoples. It’s a history detailed in books such as “Cadillac Desert,” and experienced by anyone who has spent time fishing, kayaking or swimming in the region’s reshaped waterways, or hiking alongside them.
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MONTGOMERY, AL – The Central Alabama Community Foundation (CACF) along with affiliates Autauga Area Community Foundation (AACF) and Elmore County Community Foundation (ECCF) on Thursday, May 6th announced Family Wellness grants for 29 nonprofits totaling $146,003.10. Funds from these grants will go directly toward assisting many within these communities.
Family Grants ($23,446.85)
$5,439.20 to the YMCA of Greater Montgomery – to provide five lessons of Safety Around the Water training to 420 Montgomery Public Schools third graders
$13,007.65 to River City Church – to provide a permanent shower unit and washer and dryer for its Loads of Love initiative that provides a place for the homeless to shower and launder clothes at no cost
Alabama News
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U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of the best high schools in the country. Once again, Montgomery’s magnet high schools are listed as some of the nation’s best.
The report shows that LAMP (Loveless Academic Magnet Program) is ranked the top high school in Alabama. It is the 14th ranked school in the country.
The report notes that LAMP offers Advanced Placement courses and exams, which 99% of students take. It says 99% of students graduate.
Elsewhere within Montgomery Public Schools, Booker T. Washington Magnet School is ranked 7th in Alabama and 800th in the nation. It has a graduation rate of 100%. Brewbaker Tech Magnet School is ranked 19th in the state and 1,610th in the country. It also has a 100% graduation rate.