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Funny email yesterday from a private investigator

Will one Alabama city turn off the water to its neighbors homes? They've already threatened to do so. A judge temporarily stopped them, but the issue may soon go to trial. Full story for Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/12062025/…

Trump's budget would cut funding for state mining regulators by about 16%. Even regulators in deep red states like Alabama are worried about the impacts. Full story from Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/13062025/…

It can be hard to get a meeting with a mayor who's signed an NDA. When one man placed a sign outside Bessemer, Alabama, city hall opposing a massive data center, he was immediately confronted by police. Full story from Inside Climate News : insideclimatenews.org/news/16062025/…

“Nobody’s looking cumulatively at what this will do to the entire watershed, the entire system, and we need that kind of level of decision-making & scrutiny before we should be considering a huge increase like that” ARA's Cindy Lowry said. insideclimatenews.org/news/16062025/… Inside Climate News

This becomes increasingly insane the further down it you read. Some of these numbers are staggering.

"This would nuke this creek," a Yale biologist said of a proposed data center in Alabama. The data center is projected to use more water than every home in the state and 90x the electricity of homes in Bessemer, where it's to be located. Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/16062025/…

Seriously take a few minutes and read this. It's absolutely insane.

When a hotly contested developer calls your work "misinformation," you may be onto something. insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/…

An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers - ⁦Inside Climate News⁩ insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/…

"The [Alabama Environmental Management Commission], a seven-member appointed board that oversees the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, ruled in favor of the environmental groups by a 6-1 vote, despite ADEM’s objections." -WBHM 90.3 FM/Inside Climate News wbhm.org/2025/alabama-e…

Aaron Astor Ashley Schapitl via Lee Hedgepeth: "What Burgum didn’t mention on Friday was Warrior Met Coal’s checkered safety and environmental record, which includes thousands of federal safety violations issued under both Republican and Democratic administrations" insideclimatenews.org/news/15042025/…

After a visit from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in April, an Alabama coal export company gets a nice juicy subsidy in the Trump tax & budget bill. Great reporting from Lee Hedgepeth quoting yours truly. insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/…

Meanwhile, coal exporters get a gratuitious handout, benefiting an Alabama coal miner with a horrific labor & safety record via Lee Hedgepeth insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/…

They’re still giving $$ to coal companies, even when their product is shipped overseas. insideclimatenews.org/news/02072025/…

Residents of the historically Black Shiloh Community in Alabama have faced repeated flooding following the expansion and elevation of Highway 84. Now they're bringing their fight for environmental justice to federal court. Full story from Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/08072025/…

Shiloh residents are suing ALDOT after years of flooding, broken promises, and stalled progress. The lawsuit calls it a violation of the #FifthAmendment and an illegal #takings. Their fight for justice continues. #JusticeForShiloh 🔗 ow.ly/fhVy50WmjgT

After the Chantal storm, I'm contemplating flood insurance. Great story by my colleagues Amy Green & Peter Aldhous about a serious insurance situation in Fla insideclimatenews.org/news/06072025/…

A local water utility told data center developers it could not provide the 2 million gallons of water per day they've requested without "significant upgrades." Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/12072025/…

“The lack of clarity around how much water this project will use is the product of one thing: the secrecy of this developer, and whatever big tech company is actually behind this,” Miller said...