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Alabama Limestone Quarry Settles Lawsuit Over Dust, Noise

The settlement requires the quarry to set buffer zones around houses or buildings, notify residents before blasting and stop operating at night or on Sundays.

By Dennis Pillion

An aerial view of night operations at a limestone quarry in Belle Mina, Ala. The quarry operators agreed to mitigate dust, noise and light pollution in a settlement agreement with nearby residents. Credit: Southern Environmental Law Center
Researchers look at an air quality monitor on April 10, 2025, in Imperial Beach, Calif. Credit: Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules

By Lauren Dalban

Mark Johnston, a plaintiff in the case, stands with the 6 kW solar array at his Alabama home. Credit: Courtesy of Southern Environmental Law Center

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

By Dennis Pillion

Power line crews with Georgia Power work at a home in Savannah on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

Georgia Power is planning to add four combined-cycle gas turbines at its coal-fired Bowen power plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Credit: Alan Cressler/USGS

Environmental Groups Challenge Air Permit for Natural Gas Expansion at Atlanta Plant

By Ryan Krugman

A rendering of Dominion Energy’s proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center. Credit: Dominion Energy

Environmental, Community Groups to Challenge Regulators’ Approval of Dominion’s Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

Aerial photo shows night operations at a limestone quarry in Belle Mina, Ala. A judge recently granted an injunction to suspend work at the quarry until the operators mitigate dust, noise and light pollution into the surrounding areas. Credit: Southern Environmental Law Center

‘Relief from the Nightmare’: Alabama Judge Halts Operations at a Quarry Residents Say Is Ruining Their Community

By Dennis Pillion

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (C) and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought (L), the architects of the Trump administration's climate and environmental justice grant terminations, at a 911 ceremony in Arlington, Virginia. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

By Lisa Sorg

The construction of a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators 

By Charles Paullin

Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong

Alabama Power got approval to purchase the 895-megawatt Lindsay Hill Generating Station near Billingsley, Ala. for $622 million earlier this year. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry

By Dennis Pillion

President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg

People wade through PFAS-contaminated sea foam at North Carolina’s Holden Beach in October 2022. Credit: Clean Cape Fear

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals

By Lisa Sorg

Nonprofits working in environmental justice communities like this one, in Pueblo, Colorado, have filed a notice of appeal in federal court in a lawsuit they filed to secure grants provided through the Inflation Reduction Act that the Trump administration rescinded in early 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants

By Charles Paullin

The Chesterfield Power Station, where Dominion Energy is proposing to build new gas peaking turbines in Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

The Alabama Public Service Commission gathers for a meeting on Tuesday, where the commissioners approved Alabama Power’s request to buy the Lindsay Hill Generating Station for $622 million. Credit: Courtesy of Alabama Public Service Commission

Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers

By Dennis Pillion

The covered coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. Credit: Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper

Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims

By Dennis Pillion

President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order during the “Winning the AI Race” summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the xAI data center, called Colossus, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: Steve Jones, Flight by Southwings for SELC

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa

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