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 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
The Tennessee Valley Authority Produced a Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Top Researchers Call it ‘Dishonest.’
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Pushes ‘Peace Pipelines’ to Boost Exports of Climate-Busting LNG to Europe
By Dennis Pillion
Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?
By Dennis Pillion
‘Sound Science’ Bills Limiting State Environmental Regulations Set ‘Insurmountable Burden of Proof,’ Scientists Say
By Dennis Pillion
Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding
By Dennis Pillion
‘Relief from the Nightmare’: Alabama Judge Halts Operations at a Quarry Residents Say Is Ruining Their Community
By Dennis Pillion
Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House
By Dennis Pillion
How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry
By Dennis Pillion
A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter
By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
