Dennis Pillion
Reporter, Alabama
Dennis Pillion is a reporter for Inside Climate News based in Alabama. He joined ICN in 2024 after 17 years working for Alabama Media Group, including nine as the statewide natural resources reporter. His work for AL.com and The Birmingham News, won numerous Green Eyeshade and Alabama Press Association awards for his coverage of environmental issues in Alabama. He was born and lives in Birmingham, Ala.
Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers
By Dennis Pillion
Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
By Dennis Pillion
Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama’s New Utility Commission President Wants to Hear From ‘All Sides’ as She Assumes New Role
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
Alabama Environmental Groups Secure Rare Win in Fight to Update Water Toxicity Standards
By Dennis Pillion
Saved From the Saw: Conservation Deal Spares 8,000 Acres of Sensitive Land in Alabama From Becoming a Wood Pellet Mill
By Dennis Pillion
Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Power Threatened With Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow
Universities, States Have ‘Responsibility’ to Act on Climate in Trump Era, UMass President says
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities
By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion
NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama’s Celebrity Weatherman Pleads for the National Weather Service
By Dennis Pillion
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
Federal Funding Restored for Low-Income Alabama Utility Assistance After Outcry
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills
By Dennis Pillion
