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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

Oil and gas development within Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest could potentially put recreation areas like Blue Lake and Open Pond at an environmental risk. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at the top of Flagg Mountain in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Preserving Alabama’s Flagg Mountain, the Southernmost Appalachian Peak

By Dennis Pillion

University of Notre Dame’s lease of mineral rights grants Warrior Met the legal ability to mine coal in rural Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

The Pope Led Notre Dame Toward Decarbonization. He Hasn’t Influenced the School’s Alabama Coal Investment

By Lee Hedgepeth

David Hester inspects damage to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 28 in Horseshoe Beach, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

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