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Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

Under the Biden Administration, federal regulators had forced the state toward stricter regulation of methane emissions. Under Trump, they appear to have lifted the pressure.

By Lee Hedgepeth

 Kathy Love, director of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, speaks during a discussion highlighting the consequences of longwall coal mining at Oak Grove High School in August 2024. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News
Power lines run in front of the coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?

By Dennis Pillion
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

‘Sound Science’ Bills Limiting State Environmental Regulations Set ‘Insurmountable Burden of Proof,’ Scientists Say

By Dennis Pillion
Smoke emits from the stacks of ABC Coke in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Citing National Security, Trump Has Abandoned Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens

By Lee Hedgepeth
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) questions Special Counsel Jack Smith as he testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Jan. 22. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

Trump’s Choice to Be Alabama’s Next Senator Finds an Odd Political Target: the Modern Gas Can

By Lee Hedgepeth
Aerial photo shows night operations at a limestone quarry in Belle Mina, Ala. A judge recently granted an injunction to suspend work at the quarry until the operators mitigate dust, noise and light pollution into the surrounding areas. Credit: Southern Environmental Law Center

‘Relief from the Nightmare’: Alabama Judge Halts Operations at a Quarry Residents Say Is Ruining Their Community

By Dennis Pillion
Utility lines with ice stretch over a snowy scene with a plowed road.

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
Resident Noah Beckham tells Childersburg's mayor and city council he's skeptical of allowing data centers in the town. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

This Small Alabama Town Was Part of the Manhattan Project. Now It May Host a Hyperscale Data Center.

By Lee Hedgepeth
A mockup provided by a DigiPowerX representative shows the modular facilities that will be part of the company's phase one expansion. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here.

By Lee Hedgepeth
The developer of Project Marvel, a proposed massive hyperscale data center, has requested the rezoning of additional agricultural land in southwest Bessemer, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Bessemer Data Center Developer to Request Rezoning for Additional 900 Acres

By Lee Hedgepeth
Plant Barry’s toxic coal ash lagoon is more than a mile across at some points and is surrounded by the Mobile River, located just feet from its edge. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

By Lee Hedgepeth
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
Alabama Gov. George Wallace speaks during his 1963 inaugural address. Credit: Getty Images

How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates

By Dennis Pillion
A view of the Valero Houston Refinery in Houston on Aug. 29. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State

By Lisa Sorg
A power substation is seen near Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Power got approval to purchase the 895-megawatt Lindsay Hill Generating Station near Billingsley, Ala. for $622 million earlier this year. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry

By Dennis Pillion
Bessemer City Council member Cleo King explains his vote against rezoning for Project Marvel in a November meeting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Council Approves Rezoning for a Massive Data Center, Dividing a Community

By Lee Hedgepeth
The sun bears down on the Walk of Champions outside Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums

By Olivia McMurrey, Lee Hedgepeth
A specimen of the Birmingham darter documented by Yale biologist Thomas Near and his research team. Credit: Konstantinos Andriotis

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

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