Will Congress ban ‘mud dumping’ in Mobile Bay?

By: Dennis Pillion, Inside Climate News

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: July 26, 2026

Words: 983

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine.

Now those groups are one step closer to getting the …

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