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An aerial view of Dauphin Island’s shoreline and marsh mounds in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Can Shoreline Restoration Rein in Rising Flood Insurance Prices?

By Sydney Cromwell, Southern Science

Pastor Timothy Williams has led the charge for change in the Shiloh Community he calls home. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding

By Lee Hedgepeth

A view of Warrior Met’s Coal Mine No. 5 in Brookwood, Ala. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

In Trump’s Megabill, a Clean Energy Phase Out and a Big, Beautiful Tax Break for Met Coal Exporters

By Lee Hedgepeth, Marianne Lavelle

An aerial view of the Cahaba River as it flows through central Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Environmental Groups Secure Rare Win in Fight to Update Water Toxicity Standards

By Dennis Pillion

Brad Kaaber, a representative of the proposed data center developer, speaks to zoning commissioners during a Tuesday meeting in a room of residents opposed to the project. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers

By Lee Hedgepeth

Four people are standing out of doors, trees in the background. The two in the middle are holding a piece of paper with the colorful Birmingham darter.

The Darter Fish and the Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

The future E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve encompasses almost 8,000 acres between the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers, including numerous streams, bogs and oxbow lakes. Credit: Hunter Nichols/TNC

Saved From the Saw: Conservation Deal Spares 8,000 Acres of Sensitive Land in Alabama From Becoming a Wood Pellet Mill

By Dennis Pillion

Kathy Love, director of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission, speaks during a June ASMC meeting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In a Deep Red State, a Mining Regulator Is Wary of Possible Trump Cuts to Its Budget

By Lee Hedgepeth

Camp Hill, a majority-Black town of around 1,000 residents, is located in east Alabama’s Tallapoosa County. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water

By Lee Hedgepeth

The majority-Black residents of north Birmingham continue to face the impacts of the idled Bluestone Coke facility. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

By Lee Hedgepeth

American Cast Iron Pipe (ACIPCO) was founded in Birmingham in 1905 and employs approximately 1,600 people at its Birmingham facilities. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks

By Dennis Pillion

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to miner's inside Warrior Met's Mine No. 4, in April in Berry, Alabama. Credit: Department of the Interior

Sinking Homes, Climate Damage, Explosion Risks: New Government Review Outlines the Costs of One Mine Expansion

By Lee Hedgepeth

Hundreds of Alabamians flock to the Cahaba River each year during peak blooming season. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

A Song for the Cahaba River

By Lee Hedgepeth

Twinkle Cavanaugh was recently appointed as the State Director for Rural Development in Alabama under the Trump administration. Credit: Twinkle Cavanaugh Campaign

A Twinkle in Trump’s Eye: A Shakeup at Alabama’s Top Utility Regulator

By Lee Hedgepeth

A covered coal ash pond sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. Credit: Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper

Alabama Power Threatened With Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

Alabamians Want Answers About a Four-Million-Square-Foot Data Center Coming to Their Backyards

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

Warrior Met’s Blue Creek mine expansion is set to be one of the largest coal infrastructure buildouts in Alabama history. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Trump Aims to Fast Track Alabama Coal Build-Out, Citing US Need. Nearly All the Coal Is Bound for Export

By Lee Hedgepeth

Ruby Banta (center) and friends Nova Russell (left) and Colette Duvall (right) held a yard sale to benefit the spotted salamander via a local nonprofit, Friends of Shades Creek. Credit: Courtesy of the Banta family

For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning

By Lee Hedgepeth

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