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A view of a residential area near Alabama Power’s coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

By Dennis Pillion

Nick Saban accepts the Icon Award during the 2024 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre on July 11 in Los Angeles. Nick Saban was a frequent write-in for Alabama’s primary utility regulator. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Nick Saban for Public Office? Alabamians Who Wrote in PSC Candidates Had a Certain Twinkle in Their Eye

By Lee Hedgepeth

One of two displaced bald eagles carries nesting material two days after the tree containing its nest was felled by a developer. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

War on Eagles? In Auburn, Federal Officials Investigate the Taking of a Bald Eagles’ Nest They Permitted

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the first section of Birmingham's Northern Beltline. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Who Pays for Alabama’s $5 Billion ‘Zombie’ Highway Project? Not Alabama

By Dennis Pillion

W.M. Griffice died from injuries suffered in the explosion of his home above the Oak Grove mine in Alabama. Credit: Courtesy of the Alabama Fire Marshal's Office

Federal Regulators Inspect a Mine and the Site of a Fatal Home Explosion Above It

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

The aftermath of a home explosion above Oak Grove Mine that killed W.M. Griffice in Adger, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Federal Regulators Waited 7 Months to Investigate a Deadly Home Explosion Above a Gassy Coal Mine. Residents Want Action

By James Bruggers, Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the first section of Birmingham's Northern Beltline. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Critics Say Alabama’s $5 Billion Highway Project Is a ‘Road to Nowhere,’ but the State Is Pushing Forward

By Dennis Pillion

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

Alabama Mine Expansion Could Test Biden Policy on Private Extraction of Publicly Owned Coal

By Lee Hedgepeth

Smoke emits from the James H. Miller Jr. Electrical Generating Plant in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Plant Tops US Greenhouse Gas Polluter List for 9th Straight Year

By Dennis Pillion

Sherry Bradley, who runs the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Project, explains how a new septic system will work for a mobile home in Lowndes County. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

By Dennis Pillion

Coal ash storage ponds are located near Alabama's waterways, posing a risk to wildlife and the environment. Pictured is a storage pond located in Jefferson County. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

EPA Settles Some Alabama Coal Ash Violations, but Larger Questions Linger

By Dennis Pillion

Garbage collected in bags piles up outside of a home in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Town Plans to Drop Criminal Charges Over Unpaid Garbage Bills

By Lee Hedgepeth

Willie Horstead Jr., an Army veteran, has spent years watching his mobile home slowly sink into the ground because of repeated flooding in the Shiloh community, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Federal Highway Officials Reach Agreement With Alabama Over Claims It Discriminated Against Flooded Black Residents

By Lee Hedgepeth

Crimson Oak Grove Resources has a long history of safety violations, according to state and federal records. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Coal Miner Dies at Alabama Mine With Dozens of Recent Safety Citations

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

Waste and other materials are often stacked in side yards and near the street at homes with no trash can in Chickasaw, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Small Town’s Trash Policy Has Left Black Moms and Disabled Residents Criminally Charged Over Unpaid Garbage Fees

By Lee Hedgepeth

Fishermen try their luck from the Mobile Bay Causeway in south Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay

By Dennis Pillion

Oak Grove residents including Clara Riley (left) and Lisa Lindsay (center) attend a meeting in central Alabama to discuss the consequences of longwall coal mining. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

In the First Community Meeting Since a Fatal Home Explosion, Residents Grill Alabama Regulators, Politicians Over Coal Mining Destruction

By Lee Hedgepeth

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