Lee Hedgepeth, Inside Climate News
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.
Hedgepeth 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.
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A review of court records in Winston County shows criminal prosecutions over trash debt have spanned decades. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the practice is illegal and immoral. -
Without air conditioning, many of Alabama’s imprisoned residents suffer in the summer swelter. Their loved ones on the outside suffer, too. -
Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents' power bills won't increase as a result. Can the state's largest utility keep its promise? -
Residents widely oppose the secrecy agreement signed by the city’s mayor and city attorney over Project Marvel, a proposed $14.5 billion hyperscale data center in Bessemer. -
In this rural Alabama community, some residents can’t flush their toilets. Developers want to build a state-of-the-art data center next door. -
No Black Alabamian has ever served on the state’s Public Service Commission. Sheila McNeil has a plan to change that, and she’s taking Alabama to court. -
Lawmakers failed to require formal public hearings in electric rate cases. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections. -
Under the Biden Administration, federal regulators had forced the state toward stricter regulation of methane emissions. Under Trump, they appear to have lifted the pressure. -
The administration ended a program that documented excessive levels of a carcinogen at industrial facilities across the country. Environmental groups have filed suit.
