Officials in one Alabama city signed an NDA with a data center developer that required the destruction of records. Full story for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/1307202...

Alabama Data Center Non-Disclosure Agreement Required City Officials to Destroy Records, Document Shows - Inside Climate News

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, Alabama.

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This is the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, and it's coming for us. Every second, Andromeda gets about 68 miles closer to Earth. Don't worry about the collision, though. It won't happen for about four billion years. I took this photograph from Chandler Mountain earlier this week.

The Alabama Department of Corrections has confirmed it will not move forward with the execution of Jeffrey Lee, per an order by the United States Supreme Court.

I'm here at Holman prison in Alabama where, despite a court order permanently prohibiting the state from executing Jeffrey Lee, prison staff appear to be moving ahead full speed in anticipation of a possible Supreme Court order clearing the way for their nitrogen suffocation. 1/2

Hey #Alabama - Lowndes County will need our help opposing a >3,000,000 sq ft data center being planned at the intersection of Highway 80 and Route 21. Many residents can't flush their toilets and have sewage in their yards, and this massive data center will suck up all their water and electricity.🤬

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Project Red Clay, a proposed hyperscale data center along the historic highway from Selma to Montgomery, could potentially use as much electricity as a million homes—that's half the total number of residences in the ENTIRE STATE OF ALABAMA. Read more here: insideclimatenews.org/news/1006202...

Project Red Clay, a proposed hyperscale data center along the historic highway from Selma to Montgomery, could potentially use as much electricity as a million homes—that's half the total number of residences in the ENTIRE STATE OF ALABAMA. Read more here: insideclimatenews.org/news/1006202...

Earlier this month, I sat down with Al Gore in Nashville for @insideclimatenews.org. We talked about climate change, China, the Voting Rights Act, and AI. Take a moment to read and share. insideclimatenews.org/news/1305202...

I'll be on this panel next Tuesday about the oilfield waste crisis facing Texas and other states. Don't miss it!

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo ago

On April 28, join us for a conversation about the oil industry’s wastewater crisis and its threat to public health and the environment. In partnership w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social, @insideclimatenews.org and @desmog.com, RSVP and submit your questions at:

Good summary of the mixed results of recent Alabama legislative session from @leehedgepeth.bsky.social: (1/) insideclimatenews.org/news/1004202...

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining - Inside Climate News

Lawmakers failed to bring back formal public hearings in electric rate cases and constrained state environmental regulators. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

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Growing up, my family lived with a failing septic system. To keep the commode flushing, toilet paper went into the trash, a source of constant shame. Listen to my conversation w/ Catherine Coleman Flowers about her work securing sanitation for all Americans. insideclimatenews.org/news/1904202...

America’s Dirty Secret - Inside Climate News

An interview with author Catherine Coleman Flowers.

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Look up! As spring passes, the sky will be changing quickly. Orion will appear lower each night, eventually replaced by summer #stars and the Milky Way. The first photo here, taken from Alabama's Black Belt, shows the Orion and Horsehead Nebulae. The second is of the Alabama River near Elm Bluff.

What was the environmental impact of Alabama’s 2026 legislative session? insideclimatenews.org/news/1004202...

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining - Inside Climate News

Lawmakers failed to bring back formal public hearings in electric rate cases and constrained state environmental regulators. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

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Alabama Power customers aren’t giving up yet. On Monday, around two dozen of them marched to the HQ of the company to make that much clear. “Public utilities should be for the public,” one protestor’s sign said. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0704202...

This is the Cygnus Loop photographed from Alabama's Black Belt during the first nights of spring. This emission nebula is the leftovers of the explosion of a star more 20 times the mass of our sun thousands of years ago. The explosion would've been visible from earth during day.

While war in Iran drives up the cost of nearly everything, people turn to renewable energy and EVs. Gas and oil propaganda is trying to discourage them, says U.S. climate change guru @senwhitehouse.bsky.social. @leehedgepeth.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4dAm80g @spj-posts.bsky.social

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda - Inside Climate News

With consumer prices rising due to the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, interest in renewables and EVs is rising. Misinformation may be holding consumers back.

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Under the Biden Administration, federal regulators had forced Alabama toward stricter regulation of methane emissions after a fatal home explosion. Under Trump, they appear to have lifted the pressure. insideclimatenews.org/news/2103202...

Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse’ - Inside Climate News

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.

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Sonny Burton’s eyes filled with tears as I read him the AG's statement. Sonny Burton took a breath. He remembered all the men he’d known on death row who’d been killed by the state. 73 since he arrived there. 25 since Marshall became AG. Full story: www.treadbylee.com/p/sonny

The day before Alabama had been scheduled to suffocate him, I sat down with Sonny Burton inside Holman Correctional Facility, where death row is housed. Take a moment to read and share what he had to say. Full story: www.treadbylee.com/p/sonny

I was recently able to get out under some dark skies here in Alabama. Here's the Heart Nebula, photographed from Chilatchee Creek near Gee's Bend.

Good (this was the case of the man who had been sentenced to death under "felony-murder" charges - he admitted taking part in a robbery, but not only did he not fire the fatal shot, he wasn't even in the building at the time, and he did not order to encourage the shooting).

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Gov. Ivey has spared the life of Sonny Burton, an Alabama man on death row. He was scheduled to be executed Thursday. www.treadbylee.com/p/ivey-spare...

Gov. Ivey has spared the life of Sonny Burton, an Alabama man on death row. He was scheduled to be executed Thursday. www.treadbylee.com/p/ivey-spare...

Ivey spares life of Sonny Burton

The Alabama governor announced the commutation Tuesday, just two days before Burton's scheduled execution.

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Important. And follow @leahanelson.bsky.social for action steps I’m this case

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

“As a poor Black man in Alabama accused of killing a white woman, Myers had no choice but to accept the lawyer appointed to him by the court. “Rocky didn’t have a choice,” Bankston said. “He got what he got.” And what he got for a lawyer, she explained, was undeniably a Klansman.“

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

Crazy shit here, ya gotta take a minute

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

A Black man was convicted of murder despite no physical evidence. Even Gov. Kay Ivey thought the case was suspect enough to commute his death sentence. Turns out his court appointed attorney was a Klan member. Read @leehedgepeth.bsky.social for more. #Alabama www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel?ut...

On the advice of Klonsel: A look under the hood of an Alabama injustice

Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Rocky Myers, a Black man from Decatur, Alabama, is still locked up for a crime he didn’t commit. His lawyer, former corporate counsel for the United Klans of America, told me if he had to do it all over again, he’d seat an all-white jury this time. Please take a moment with this story.

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

On the advice of Klonsel: A look under the hood of an Alabama injustice

Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

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A view of the night sky over the Alabama River in Roland Cooper State Park from Valentine’s Day weekend.