This deep look at the consumer unfriendly actions of Alabama Power is very much worth your time. Great work from my colleagues @dennispillion.bsky.social and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...

My latest for @insideclimatenews.org goes inside one of the most biodiverse and ecologically important places in Alabama -- the newly dedicated E.O. Wilson Land Between the Rivers Preserve. insideclimatenews.org/news/1910202...

New from me: Wilsonville (Ala.) residents hope to shut down a huge proposed data center in their small town on the Coosa River. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...

Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...

Climate scientists @michaelemann.bsky.social, @andrewdessler.com and others respond to this week's DOE climate report, which they called 'antiscientific,' 'deceptive,' and 'cherry-picked.' insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...

Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...

Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims insideclimatenews.org/news/2907202...

My colleague @dennispillion.bsky.social and I were the first reporters to sit down at length with Cynthia Almond, the new president of the Public Service Commission. The image she projects is much different than that of her predecessor, Twinkle Cavanaugh: insideclimatenews.org/news/2107202...

New Alabama PSC President Cynthia Almond has won praise from both sides of the aisle, and projects a very different image from her predecessor Twinkle Cavanaugh. @leehedgepeth.bsky.social and I sat down with Almond in her first interview in her new post. insideclimatenews.org/news/2107202...

Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Alabama environmental regulators have agreed to update standards used to limit the amounts of 12 toxic and carcinogenic substances in the state’s waterways.

One of the biggest frustrations I have is the lack of transparency around AI's energy use and environmental impacts. I know the numbers are out there... but somehow we're not seeing them 🫠 Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail ! www.wired.com/story/ai-car...

Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks insideclimatenews.org/news/0606202...

Via @leehedgepeth.bsky.social & @dennispillion.bsky.social: Coosa Riverkeeper has filed a notice of intent to sue Alabama Power over groundwater pollution from a coal ash pond near the old Gadsden Steam Plant site, based on groundwater testing results Alabama Power must post twice per year.

Without Pope Francis, “the world is a little lonelier and more unjust.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2104202...

In 2023, Biden promised to fix sewage woes that have plagued Alabama's Black Belt for decades. Today, the Trump administration 'terminated' the agreement that was supposed to do that. insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Any weather forecast made available via broadcast news, a commercial app or other media is almost certainly derived from data and model computations made by the National Weather Service using weather balloons.

Some of the world's oldest weather and climate knowledge comes from weather balloons. This is another egregious attack on science, IMO ... Great reporting by @dennispillion.bsky.social

“I think they need a publicist." Alabama's most famous meteorologist James Spann @spann.bsky.social on the National Weather Service's importance to local forecasting and severe weather preparedness. insideclimatenews.org/news/1803202...

From Birmingham to San Francisco, Raleigh to New York, and even Vienna where EU scientists showed solidarity, @lizagross.bsky.social @dennispillion.bsky.social @bberwyn.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org colleagues captured Stand Up For Science! insideclimatenews.org/news/0703202...

Musk's DOGE group deleted all of the 5 biggest “savings” on its “wall of receipts” list after media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: A program meant to help low-income Alabamians pay their utility bills has resumed two weeks after it was canceled due to an executive order from President Donald Trump.

Updating my previous story, Alabama officials now say these grants to help low-income residents pay their electric bills have been reinstated. The grants were halted two weeks ago to comply with a Trump executive order. insideclimatenews.org/news/2102202...

About 2,000 Alabama households were set to receive assistance and many of those had already seen the credits hit their account. Now they’ll have to pay it back on their next bill. insideclimatenews.org/news/1402202...

“They wake up every day, and it’s worse than the day before.” Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom By my colleague Aman Azhar @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0602202...

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

On a personal note, it's devastating to watch things you built with blood, sweat, and tears be dismantled before your eyes. But that's why we need to keep fighting. insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...

New from me: DOT orders sweeping purge of all climate, DEI, gender, environmental justice initiatives. insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...

For this story, I got to spend some time at Flagg Mountain, an underrated gem in central Alabama. The southernmost Appalachian peak is home to a 397 yo longleaf pine tree and the start of the "'Bama to Baxter" trek that connects Alabama to Maine. insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...

Incredible opportunity @insideclimatenews.org has given us to boost environmental coverage in Alabama. We'll try to make the most of it.

Wow! A *public* interest group in Alabama was denied (twice) a motion to intervene in an Alabama *Public* Service Commission proceeding, and has now filed a complaint against the PSC in court. Great reporting from @dennispillion.bsky.social!

Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org Energy Alabama, a clean energy advocacy organization, has filed an appeal with a Montgomery court after the PSC twice rejected its motions to intervene in the docket that determines how much Alabama Power customers pay for fuel.

PSA: Just in case it comes up over the holidays, those anti-renewable energy rants from your parents' new favorite show are just as fictional as... well, the rest of that show. www.newsweek.com/fact-check-t...

After nine months of @insideclimatenews.org reporting on a fatal home explosion atop a coal mine in Alabama, federal regulators have put their state counterparts on notice to force the coal company at issue to mitigate the risks of methane escaping from their operations.

I worked with CBSNews and Tracy Wholf to shed light on a Houston plastics recycling that wasn't actually recycling plastic. Now, an at-large Houston City Council member is taking a stand and asking questions. insideclimatenews.org/news/1312202...

The Alabama Public Service Commission says changing fuel rates on customers' electric bills doesn't amount to a "proceeding" of the commission, so they don't have to let outside orgs intervene. Environmental groups are challenging that in court. insideclimatenews.org/news/1312202...

New from me: Alabama law grants the public the right to intervene in any proceeding of the Public Service Commission. But the PSC says changing the rate that customers pay for fuel costs does not amount to a “proceeding.”

“Chemical exposure increases if plastic is heated, typically in a microwave, a dishwasher or even by placing hot food in a takeout container.”

The folks in the Biden DOE's Loan Programs Office are absolute climate heroes, doing all they can to lessen the blow of the next administration. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

Happy December, Bluesky. Here’s a fish that poops out of its neck.

Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: A 2016 study by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP), a nonprofit, attempted to determine Alabama’s 50 most-needed road improvement projects. The Northern Beltline was not listed among them.

New from me today: Alabama is moving forward with a $5B highway project that is highly environmentally destructive and won't address any of the state's largest traffic problems. Why? Because the feds are paying for it. insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...

Aw man. I was about to make the exact same joke. Good list though.

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And even while Republicans sweep into power, there are still new climate champions coming into Congress. fm @wyattmyskow.bsky.social @dennispillion.bsky.social and other @insideclimatenews.org colleagues. insideclimatenews.org/news/0911202...

I’ll start posting on here soon, just be patient with me. I’ve been hurt before.