Dennis Pillion

@dennispillion

Alabama reporter for @insideclimate. Past: Environmental reporter for @aldotcom. Opinions mine, etc.

Birmingham, AL

Joined November 2008

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Lee Hedgepeth@lee_hedgepeth · Jul 21

My colleague @dennispillion 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. Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/21072025/…

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Jul 21

New Alabama Public Service Commission President Cynthia Almond says she wants to hear from 'all sides' as she becomes the state's top utility regulator. @lee_hedgepeth and I sat down with Almond in her first interview in her new post. insideclimatenews.org/news/21072025/…

dennispillion's tweet card. Cynthia Lee Almond spent four years in the Alabama Legislature and 16 years on the Tuscaloosa City Council before being appointed president of the state’s Public Service Commission.

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BWRiverkeeper@BWRiverkeeper · Jun 21

"The new standards will reduce amounts of 12 toxic or cancer-linked pollutants in Alabama waterways, according to clean water advocacy groups that petitioned for the changes." -@dennispillion, @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/21062025/…

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Jun 7

Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks insideclimatenews.org/news/06062025/…

dennispillion's tweet card. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two iron pipe manufacturers in Alabama learned last week they lost a combined $150 million in promised federal funding that would have increased productivity and employment while...

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Inside Climate News@insideclimate · May 2

An ICN investigation, reported by Katie Surma and Nicholas Kusnetz, is a finalist in the Scripps Howard Journalism Awards. A system you’ve probably never heard of is costing taxpayers around the world billions and hamstringing environmental protection. insideclimatenews.org/news/02052025/…

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Mar 27

Deeply humbled to be one of @TIME's 2025 Earth Awards recipients alongside these five incredible individuals who are fighting urgently to combat climate change and create a more sustainable future. As we address the climate crisis, we must do so with justice in mind. Every…

TTIME@TIME · Mar 27

For Catherine Coleman Flowers, environmental justice is a human right. “Throughout rural America people are living without working sanitation,” she tells TIME. “And that is an issue that should remain a priority no matter who’s in the White House” ti.me/4ccTn7q

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Mar 26

It’s been an absolute treasure watching @Yaxel_Lendeborg at UAB these past two seasons. I’ll be cheering for him for a long time.

EEvan Sidery@esidery · Mar 25

UAB wing Yaxel Lendeborg is viewed by NBA scouts as a prospect who will rise significantly during the pre-draft process. Standing 6’9” with a 7’3” wingspan, Lendeborg is a very versatile two-way prospect: 17.8 points 11.2 rebounds 4.3 assists 3.6 stocks

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Mar 18

“I think they need a publicist." Alabama's most famous weatherman James @Spann on the National Weather Service's importance to local forecasting and severe weather preparedness. insideclimatenews.org/news/18032025/…

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Martha Pskowski@psskow · Feb 14

my colleague @dennispillion has this important story today insideclimatenews.org/news/14022025/…

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Feb 14

Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills insideclimatenews.org/news/14022025/…

dennispillion's tweet card. Many of the 2,000 Alabama households impacted had already seen the funds credited to their accounts and will have to pay the money back on their next bill.

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Dec 13

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. newsweek.com/fact-check-tay…

dennispillion's tweet card. The hit show from "Yellowstone" writer Taylor Sheridan shares misleading and false claims about renewable energy, Newsweek found.

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Dec 13

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/13122024/…

dennispillion's tweet card. 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...

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WaterkeepersAlabama@WaterkeepersA · Dec 10

"Christina Tidwell, a senior attorney of @selc_org, which represents @energyalabama in the matter, told @insideclimate that public insight into the process would better show the actual costs of #fossilfuels." -@dennispillion insideclimatenews.org/news/10122024/…

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Marianne Lavelle@mlavelles · Nov 10

Reading post-election analysis? Let me recommend the work of my @insideclimate colleagues. First, this @keerti_gopal story drove home that a significant share of young people who care about climate do not trust current US solutions. 🧵insideclimatenews.org/news/08112024/…

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Nov 5

Taco Morro Loco taking orders from people in line to vote. The real heroes have arrived.

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Nov 5

Line wrapped around Avondale Park to the baseball fields to vote at Avondale Library in Birmingham. Looks like I’ll be here a while.

dennispillion's tweet image. Line wrapped around Avondale Park to the baseball fields to vote at Avondale Library in Birmingham. Looks like I’ll be here a while.

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Dennis Pillion@dennispillion · Oct 29

Critics Say Alabama’s $5 Billion Highway Project Is a ‘Road to Nowhere,’ but the State Is Pushing Forward insideclimatenews.org/news/29102024/…

dennispillion's tweet card. The Alabama Department of Transportation is moving to build a beltline around the northern side of Birmingham that critics say is unneeded and will not spur economic growth, but will destroy sensit...

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