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Coal Miner Dies at Alabama Mine With Dozens of Recent Safety Citations

In the past week, the mine was cited for not having proper roof and mine support. The fatality follows a leadership change at the company and a federal lawsuit alleging that leaking methane blew up a home above the mine in March.

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

Crimson Oak Grove Resources has a long history of safety violations, according to state and federal records. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News
Waste and other materials are often stacked in side yards and near the street at homes with no trash can in Chickasaw, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Small Town’s Trash Policy Has Left Black Moms and Disabled Residents Criminally Charged Over Unpaid Garbage Fees

By Lee Hedgepeth

Fishermen try their luck from the Mobile Bay Causeway in south Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay

By Dennis Pillion

Oak Grove residents including Clara Riley (left) and Lisa Lindsay (center) attend a meeting in central Alabama to discuss the consequences of longwall coal mining. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

In the First Community Meeting Since a Fatal Home Explosion, Residents Grill Alabama Regulators, Politicians Over Coal Mining Destruction

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the idled Bluestone Coke facility in Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Continues to Pollute Neighborhoods

By Dennis Pillion

A view of the TVA offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

In Alabama Meeting, TVA Votes to Increase the Cost of Power, Double Down on Natural Gas

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Griffice family's home that exploded in Adger is one of more than a hundred that Oak Grove Mine operators have said could be impacted by subsidence. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Regulators Said They Didn’t Know Who’d Purchased a Mine Linked to a Fatal Home Explosion. It’s a Familiar Face

By Lee Hedgepeth

A recent development on newly-bought Marshall County land scars the lush green landscape near Lake Guntersville in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama’s Bald Eagle Territory, Residents Say an Unexpected Mining Operation Emerged as Independence Day Unfolded

By Lee Hedgepeth

Sen. Katie Britt attends a Senate Republicans' news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 9. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Sen. Britt of Alabama Confronted on Her Ties to ‘Big Oil’

By Lee Hedgepeth

As a Longwall Coal Mine Grows Beneath an Alabama Town, Neighbors of an Explosion Victim Feel Undermined and Unheard

By Lee Hedgepeth

Judge Reginald L. Jeter is presiding over the lawsuit filed by the Griffice family against the operator of Oak Grove mine. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Family to Add Wrongful Death Claim Against Mine Operator in Lawsuit Over Home Explosion

By Lee Hedgepeth

Michael and Mindy McClung said they regret building a home in Marion County with the hope that public water would soon be installed. Well over a decade later, they're still waiting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Where the Water Doesn’t Flow: Thousands Across Alabama Live Without Access to Public Water

By Lee Hedgepeth

Ninety-six-year-old Laura Reed Norwood remembers what McIntosh was like before the chemical plants arrived. Credit: Elizabeth DeRamus/Al Jazeera

Living and Dying in the Shadow of Chemical Plants

By Lanier Isom, Al Jazeera

An aerial view of a coal ash pond in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste

By Lee Hedgepeth

The grave of W.M. Griffice in the Oak Grove community of Jefferson County. Griffice died from injuries he suffered in a home explosion on March 8. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is Delinquent on Dozens of Penalties, Records Show

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

Shiloh, Alabama residents lead environmental scientist Robert Bullard’s rapid response team on a tour of their flooded community. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

How Alabama Turned to Restrictive Deed Covenants to Ward Off Flooding Claims From Black Residents

By Lee Hedgepeth

Clara Riley stands among her relatives and neighbors in her Oak Grove home. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled

By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers

Charlie Utterback stands in his kitchen, a mine map laid in front of him. He's worried he and his wife may eventually have to leave their home of 25 years because of damage caused by mining activity. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Mine Cited for 107 Federal Safety Violations Since Home Explosion Led to Grandfather’s Death, Grandson’s Injuries. Where Are State Officials?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stands with Dr. Robert Bullard (left) and Pastor Timothy Williams (right) during a tour of the Shiloh community in rural south Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama Visit, Buttigieg Strays Off The Beaten Path. Will It Help Shiloh, a Flooded Black Community?

By Lee Hedgepeth

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