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Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous (center, in white) poses with Dr. Robert Bullard (to his left, in yellow), Pastor Timothy Williams and other members of the Shiloh community in south Alabama. Credit: Courtesy of Living on Earth

A Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club, Ben Jealous Over Treatment of Black Alabamians

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of Warrior Met's Blue Creek Mine No. 1 construction site. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Trump Official Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Federal Safety Violations

By Lee Hedgepeth

U.S. President Joe Biden and Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, arrive for an event at the White House on April 21, 2023. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

Kathy Love, the Alabama Surface Mining Commission director, speaks at the agency’s meeting on Thursday in Jasper, Ala. Photo credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

A Year After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Extends Deadline for Coal Companies to Monitor Methane Gas Above Mines

By Lee Hedgepeth

Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Fight for the Spotted Salamander

By Lee Hedgepeth

The view shows the tops of trees and other plants

Should Oil and Gas Drilling Expand in This Biodiverse National Forest? The Public Overwhelmingly Says No 

By Lee Hedgepeth

President Donald Trump fired TVA board member Michelle Moore in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Trump Fires Clean Energy Leader From TVA Board Without Publicly Providing a Reason

By Lee Hedgepeth

A meteorologist prepares to release a weather balloon at National Weather Service Headquarters in Sterling, Va. Credit: Benjamin C. Tankersley/The Washington Post via Getty Images

NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs

By Dennis Pillion

For the First Time, Alabama Says Methane ‘Likely’ Caused Fatal Home Explosion Above Coal Mine

By Lee Hedgepeth

Volunteers help Tim Striegel clean up after his mobile home was hit by a tornado on March 16 in Calera, Ala. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Alabama’s Celebrity Weatherman Pleads for the National Weather Service

By Dennis Pillion

A school bus was thrown onto the roof of the former Winterboro High School building in Talladega County, Ala. during this weekend's severe weather. Credit: Courtesy of NWS Birmingham

Severe Weather Warnings Persist After a Deadly Weekend of Tornadoes, Dust Storms and Fires

By Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth

Prescribed burns are commonly used to limit fuel availability and reduce the number of wildfires. Research suggests the blazes also cause excess premature deaths due to particulate pollution. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

What’s Causing Birmingham’s Code Red Air Quality Alert?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Demonstrators participate in the Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda

By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

Alabama officials, who quickly cut off funds for low-income energy assistance to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump, have now restored the funding, after an outcry in the media. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images

Federal Funding Restored for Low-Income Alabama Utility Assistance After Outcry

By Dennis Pillion

Steam rises from the James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in the background of a home in Adamsville, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills

By Dennis Pillion

An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

Members of the Chestnut community pose for a photo after attending a Beatrice town council meeting in early February. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Chestnut, Black Alabamians Have Lived for Years Without Access to Public Water. There’s Little Hope in Sight

By Lee Hedgepeth

Pastor Timothy William stands outside his Shiloh home in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand?

By Lee Hedgepeth

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