Environment

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.

The lawsuit challenges Alabama Power’s plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pond at the head of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, an area sometimes called “America’s Amazon."

Resident groups and local-government offices have sprouted across the Southeast in response to increases in extreme weather and temperatures. A focus in Birmingham is on marginalized communities.

The lawsuit, filed Monday against the Trump administration, comes on the 16th anniversary of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.

Lawmakers failed to require formal public hearings in electric rate cases. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

Despite a sunny climate, Alabama ranks 49th among U.S. states in residential solar installations. Advocates say the steep solar fee is part of the reason why.

As Lee Ellenburg assumes the role, he's is already making a few changes, including declaring that climate change is real and caused by humans.

The administration ended a program that documented excessive levels of a carcinogen at industrial facilities across the country. Environmental groups have filed suit.