Dennis Pillion is a reporter for Inside Climate News based in Alabama. He specializes in climate change and environmental issues, drawing on his extensive experience as a statewide natural resources reporter during his 17 years with Alabama Media Group. His work has been featured in various publications, including Dothan Eagle, Grist, and Environmental Health News.
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By: Wyatt Myskow, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna
As Republicans reclaim control of the Senate and potentially the House, newly elected pro-environment members of Congress may serve as a check on climate policy rollbacks planned by the GOP and the incoming Trump administration.
By: Dennis Pillion
Alabama is poised to use 100 percent federal funding to build an interstate that won't alleviate any of the state's largest traffic gridlocks and is promoted as an economic development plan rather than a transportation necessity.
By: Dennis Pillion
The state of Alabama is not putting up matching funds for the project, which has drawn criticism over environmental disruption.
By: Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
President-elect Donald Trump and his allies plan to cut money in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated for climate efforts. Hundreds of millions of dollars have yet to reach EJ organizations.
By: Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Environmental justice organizations fear critical funding allocated under the Inflation Reduction Act could be rescinded as the incoming Trump administration signals plans to cut climate-focused grants.
By: Dennis Pillion
Alabama law allows public participation in “any proceeding” before the PSC, but the commission says determining how electricity fuel costs affect consumers' bills does not constitute a “proceeding.” Alabama's last official fuel cost “proceeding” was in 2008.
By: Marianne Lavelle, Kristoffer Tigue, Dylan Baddour, Dennis Pillion
President-elect Donald Trump and his allies plan to cut money in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated for climate efforts. Hundreds of millions of dollars have yet to reach EJ organizations.
By: Dennis Pillion
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Alabama Public Service Commission has rejected the latest bid for public participation into how it sets electricity fuel cost rates, despite a state law granting […]
Energy Alabama is challenging the position of the Alabama Public Service Commission that adjusting the rate customers pay Alabama Power for fuel costs does not constitute a “proceeding” of the commission.
Environmental advocates are turning to the courts to get access to fuel cost negotiations between the Alabama Public Service Commission and the state's largest electricity provider, Alabama Power.
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