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.
An Alabama Coal Plant Once Again Nabs the Dubious Title of the Nation’s Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluter
By Lee Hedgepeth
As Alabama Judge Orders a Takeover of a Failing Water System, Frustrated Residents Demand Federal Intervention
By Lee Hedgepeth
The Danger Upstream: In Disposing Coal Ash, One of These States is Not Like the Others
By Lee Hedgepeth
First Floods, Now Fires: How Neglect and Fraud Hobbled an Alabama Town
By Lee Hedgepeth
Protecting Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett, Bama and the Fight to Save the Manatee
By Lee Hedgepeth
