Lee Hedgepeth
Reporter, Alabama
Lee Hedgepeth is Inside Climate News’ Alabama reporter. Raised in Grand Bay, Alabama, a small town on the Gulf Coast, Lee holds master’s degrees in community journalism and political development from the University of Alabama and Tulane University. Lee is the founder of Tread, a newsletter of Southern journalism, and has also worked for news outlets across Alabama, including CBS 42, Alabama Political Reporter and the Anniston Star. His reporting has focused on issues impacting members of marginalized groups, including homelessness, poverty, and the death penalty. His award-winning journalism has appeared in publications across the country and has been cited by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, among others.
In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out
By Lee Hedgepeth
Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines
By Lee Hedgepeth
Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Expresses Opposition to Massive Alabama Data Center
By Lee Hedgepeth
Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?
ICN Sunday Morning
As Opposition to an Alabama Medical Waste Treatment Facility Boils Over, a Mysterious Facebook Page Weighs In
By Lee Hedgepeth
Children of the Storm
By Lee Hedgepeth
Colombia’s President Called Out an Alabama Company’s Coal Exports to Israel. Now Alabamians Are Protesting
By Lee Hedgepeth
Amid Community Opposition, Alabama Hyperscale Data Center Project Hits a Speed Bump
By Lee Hedgepeth
After Turmoil and No-Confidence Votes, Sierra Club Terminates Ben Jealous
By Lee Hedgepeth
Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups
By Lee Hedgepeth
Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center
By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom
Alabama’s New Utility Commission President Wants to Hear From ‘All Sides’ as She Assumes New Role
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
Bessemer, Alabama, Could Face Legal Action Over Environmental Impacts From a ‘Hyperscale’ Data Center
By Lee Hedgepeth
Water Utility Says It Can’t Meet Demand for Alabama Data Center Without ‘Significant Upgrades’
By Lee Hedgepeth
Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding
By Lee Hedgepeth
In Trump’s Megabill, a Clean Energy Phase Out and a Big, Beautiful Tax Break for Met Coal Exporters
By Lee Hedgepeth, Marianne Lavelle
