A north Alabama family’s year-long “nightmare” is on pause after a county judge ordered a limestone quarry to cease operations to minimize harm to residents and local churches.
Brad Vice, one of the plaintiffs represented by Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) in a suit against the quarry operators, testified that he and his wife, Brittney, lived peacefully in their rural, unincorporated Belle Mina community for nine years until blasting began.
In a Jan. 7 hearing, he said he is now thinking of leaving the area, as dust, light, and noise pollution have caused “unimaginable” upheaval, according to Inside Climate News…