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Alabama Limestone Quarry Settles Lawsuit Over Dust, Noise

The settlement requires the quarry to set buffer zones around houses or buildings, notify residents before blasting and stop operating at night or on Sundays.

By Dennis Pillion

An aerial view of night operations at a limestone quarry in Belle Mina, Ala. The quarry operators agreed to mitigate dust, noise and light pollution in a settlement agreement with nearby residents. Credit: Southern Environmental Law Center
Photos of current Alabama Public Service Commissioners hang in the PSC offices. Chris Beeker (right) lost his reelection bid against Republican opponent Jim Zeigler. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Self-Proclaimed ‘AI Watchman’ Unseats Incumbent Public Service Commissioner

By Lee Hedgepeth

Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointments of four new Alabama Public Service Commissioners (from left): Ron Burgess, Fred Johnson, Demarcus Joiner and Quinton Ross. Credit: Alabama Governor's Office

Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

By Dennis Pillion

Hayneville residents gather in a middle school now closed due to a declining local population for an open house with developers of a proposed hyperscale data center campus. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

On the Historic Route From Selma to Montgomery, an AI Cloud Looms

By Lee Hedgepeth

Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Jeremy Oden (left) lost his seat in May’s primary. Chris Beeker (right) will face his opponent in a runoff. Credit: Alabama Governor’s Office

In Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices

By Lee Hedgepeth

Power lines zigzag across the Birmingham sky. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In the Wake of Georgia’s Blue Wave, Alabama Changed Its Utility Regulation Elections. This Black Democrat Is Suing. 

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the nearly 600-acre coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules

By Dennis Pillion

Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore Grapples With the (Big) Wrinkle of AI

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Alabama State House in Montgomery. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

By Lee Hedgepeth

Protestors march from Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park toward Alabama Power’s Birmingham headquarters on Monday. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Governor Signed a Landmark Utility Regulation Bill Into Law. Many Say It’s a Win For Alabama Power.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Mark Johnston, a plaintiff in the case, stands with the 6 kW solar array at his Alabama home. Credit: Courtesy of Southern Environmental Law Center

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

By Dennis Pillion

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

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

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

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