Birmingham

This Small Alabama Town Was Part of the Manhattan Project. Now It May Host a Hyperscale Data Center.

A town of less than 5,000 could be the site of a $6 billion data center project, its mayor says. Would the project be a boon or a burden?

By Lee Hedgepeth

An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers

By Lee Hedgepeth

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

By Lee Hedgepeth

Alabama’s Celebrity Weatherman Pleads for the National Weather Service

By Dennis Pillion

Critics Say Alabama’s $5 Billion Highway Project Is a ‘Road to Nowhere,’ but the State Is Pushing Forward

By Dennis Pillion

A Gas Tanker Crashed in Birmingham and Spilled 2,100 Gallons Into Nearby Village Creek. Who Is Responsible?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Alabamians Want Public Officials to Mitigate Landslide Risk as Climate Change Makes Extreme Precipitation More Frequent

By Lee Hedgepeth

A White House Advisor and Environmental Justice Activist Wants Immediate Help for Two Historically Black Communities in Alabama

By Lee Hedgepeth

A Tree Grows in Birmingham

By Lee Hedgepeth

A Reckoning in North Birmingham as EPA Studies the ‘Cumulative Impacts’ of Pollution and Racism

By Vernon Loeb