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.
US Loses a Football Field of Forest Every 2 Minutes
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Sets Stricter Data Center Rules. But There’s a Loophole.
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market
By Dennis Pillion
The Alabama Legislature Was on a Collision Course With Alabama Power. Then Came Spring Break.
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
How Alabama Power Escaped a Push for Tighter Regulation With Record Profits Intact
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
Power Struggles
Inside Climate Podcast
Alabama Seeks to Lower Gas Utility Profits for the First Time in 40 Years
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Lashes Out at National Academies of Sciences Over Climate Guide For Judges
By Dennis Pillion
Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?
By Dennis Pillion
Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Seeks Permit to Fill Wetlands, Streams for Controversial Highway Project
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Limestone Quarry Settles Lawsuit Over Dust, Noise
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees
By Dennis Pillion
A Massive Volunteer Network in Florida Works to Save Endangered Sea Turtles
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules
By Dennis Pillion
