News and Issues
A Cause to Clean: Causeway Clean-Up 2022
In May, PEP members, along with Mobile Bay National Estuary Program and TC Boiler & Piping, organized a clean-up along the Causeway, hosted at Austal USA. We had more than 70 volunteers come out to clean up litter along the western end of the Causeway. Volunteers...
PEP Hosts February 2022 Virtual Lunch and Learn
February 2022 Virtual Lunch and Learn - TRUE Certification Program PEP hosted our Virtual Lunch and Learn on February 18, 2021. Susie Westrup Vincent, Director of Client Solutions, U. S. Green Building Council, discussed the TRUE certification program – Total Resource...
2022 PEP Environmental Stewardship Awards – Nominations Now Open
Since 2005, the PEP Board of Directors has presented the PEP Environmental Stewardship Awards to recognize PEP members whose work has made a significant and positive contribution to the Gulf Coast region in three crucial areas: economic growth, environmental health...
Company Sustainability: Global Goals, Local Action! PEP Seminar Summary & Highlights
Company Sustainability: Global Goals, Local Action! Seminar Summary & Highlights As part of PEP’s 2021 Industrial Reverse Trade Show, PEP hosted an annual seminar free and open to the public on December 2, 2021. Manufacturers and their vendors are facing...
Thank you for your Membership in PEP
On behalf of the Board of Directors, we want to thank you for your consistent support and membership during another rollercoaster year. We appreciate you sticking with us through a pandemic! We have a bright outlook for 2022 and plan for our usual schedule of...
2021 PEP Science and Technology Scholarship Recipient Announced
Partners for Environment Protection (PEP) Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021 PEP Science and Technology Scholarship.
The Upper Mobile Bay Wetland Creation
In mid-September, the Alabama State Port Authority and the Moffat & Nichol project team announced the expansion of the wetlands in Mobile Bay. The $2.5-million Upper Mobile Bay Wetland Creation project will expand the wetlands by 1,200 acres over the next 10-20...
Alabama Power – Deploying an Artificial Reef
In August 2020, Alabama Power partnered with the Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF) and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Division (ADCNR/MRD) to deploy an artificial reef about eight miles off the coast of Dauphin Island. The reef...
Ephriam & Associates Environmental Consulting, LLC – Rain Barrel Program
Ephriam & Associates Environmental is a small minority business based in Whistler, Alabama. The company primarily focuses on ecological and scientific assessments. In 2019, Ephraim partnered with the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP), Greif/Soterra and...
Evonik – Flora and Fauna Habitat Enhancements
Last year was a big year for Evonik regarding environmental stewardship as they worked on two major habitat enhancement projects: one for wildlife and one for habitat. Evonik has built osprey nest platforms, bluebird houses, purple martin houses, and duck boxes in the...