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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.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press conference at Reagan National Airport on Thursday. Credit: Allison Robbert/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Breathtakingly Ignorant and Dangerous’: Trump’s DOT Orders Sweeping Purge of Climate, Gender, Race, Environmental Justice Initiatives

By Dennis Pillion

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

Steam rises from Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. coal plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Fight Over Alabama Electricity Fuel Costs Heads to Court

By Dennis Pillion

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

President Joe Biden announces a seven billion dollar "Solar For All" program with the Environmental Protection Agency on April 22 at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Va. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded

By Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle

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

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 4 in Washington D.C. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action With This Year’s Election, New Climate Champions Set to Enter Congress

By Wyatt Myskow, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

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

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

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

An aerial view of the idled Bluestone Coke facility in Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Continues to Pollute Neighborhoods

By Dennis Pillion

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