Lee Hedgepeth
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
Alabama reporter for Inside Climate News. Storyteller. Alabamian. I write Tread by Lee, a newsletter of Southern journalism. Sign up at www.TreadbyLee.com
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Via Dennis Pillion and Lee Hedgepeth Inside Climate News examined the 2024 federal filings of 100 of the largest electric utilities in the country. None reported higher total residential electric bills, on average, than Alabama Power. And a big reason is lax regulation. https://ow.ly/w57i50XlWmS
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Dennis Pillion and Lee Hedgepeth Inside Climate News examined the 2024 federal filings of 100 of the largest electric utilities in the country. None reported higher total residential electric bills, on average, than Alabama Power. And a big reason is lax regulation. https://ow.ly/w57i50XlWmS
An @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows that Alabama Power customers pay the highest residential electricity bills in the United States. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
An @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows that Alabama Power customers pay the highest residential electricity bills in the United States. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
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This deep look at the consumer unfriendly actions of Alabama Power is very much worth your time. Great work from my colleagues @dennispillion.bsky.social and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
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How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country - Inside Climate News
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This deep look at the consumer unfriendly actions of Alabama Power is very much worth your time. Great work from my colleagues @dennispillion.bsky.social and @leehedgepeth.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
Today, Inside Climate News published our first piece in an investigative series on Alabama Power called "Wired for Profit." Take a moment to read and share. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, Inside Climate News published our first piece in an investigative series on Alabama Power called "Wired for Profit." Take a moment to read and share. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
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Via Lee Hedgepeth: In an interview with Inside Climate News, Joe Pizarchik, a former top federal mining regulator, spoke at length about the current regulatory environment around coal mining and, more specifically, about a recent announcement in Alabama. https://ow.ly/xrnc50Xl4Gc
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Lee Hedgepeth: In an interview with Inside Climate News, Joe Pizarchik, a former top federal mining regulator, spoke at length about the current regulatory environment around coal mining and, more specifically, about a recent announcement in Alabama. https://ow.ly/xrnc50Xl4Gc
Alabama has suspended methane monitoring above mines forced by the feds after a fatal home explosion. Its excuse? Monitoring for the gas may be too costly for coal companies. Joe Pizarchik, the nation's former top coal regulator, told me that's not true. insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Alabama has suspended methane monitoring above mines forced by the feds after a fatal home explosion. Its excuse? Monitoring for the gas may be too costly for coal companies. Joe Pizarchik, the nation's former top coal regulator, told me that's not true. insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...
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Possibly 16 minutes of torture. This man claimed innocence but this country cannot.
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Possibly 16 minutes of torture. This man claimed innocence but this country cannot.
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Oh my god
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Oh my god
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This is, hands down, one of the worst witness accounts in a long line of horrifying accounts of cruel and unusual capital punishment in this god forsaken country
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is, hands down, one of the worst witness accounts in a long line of horrifying accounts of cruel and unusual capital punishment in this god forsaken country
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A US Supreme Court majority signs off on allowing the state of Alabama to experiment with torture and death.
I'd say there aren't words to describe it but there are via @leehedgepeth.bsky.social
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I'd say there aren't words to describe it but there are via @leehedgepeth.bsky.social
www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A US Supreme Court majority signs off on allowing the state of Alabama to experiment with torture and death.
I'd say there aren't words to describe it but there are via @leehedgepeth.bsky.social
www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
I'd say there aren't words to describe it but there are via @leehedgepeth.bsky.social
www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
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@leehedgepeth.bsky.social's report from Boyd's execution will certainly find its way into Sotomayor's next dissent from an Alabama gassing www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social's report from Boyd's execution will certainly find its way into Sotomayor's next dissent from an Alabama gassing www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After Anthony Boyd had struggled for air inside the gas mask for many minutes, his brother broke the silence in the witness room. "It's like he's gasping for air," he said. My full eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
After Anthony Boyd had struggled for air inside the gas mask for many minutes, his brother broke the silence in the witness room. "It's like he's gasping for air," he said. My full eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
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Absolutely horrific.
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Absolutely horrific.
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This. Is. Horrifying.
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This. Is. Horrifying.
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Reading this article made me sick to my stomach.
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reading this article made me sick to my stomach.
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horrific but necessary reporting:
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
horrific but necessary reporting:
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Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times
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After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
www.treadbylee.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times
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Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
www.treadbylee.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
This evening, I will serve as a witness to the nitrogen gas execution of Anthony Boyd, should it move forward. Take a moment to read this story about his legacy on death row. If the state executes Boyd, an eyewitness account will be added to this piece. www.treadbylee.com/p/hope-in-th...
Hope in the House of Death
Alabama is scheduled to attempt the gas execution of Anthony Boyd. Those living on the state's death row find it hard to anticipate the loss of one of their longtime leaders.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This evening, I will serve as a witness to the nitrogen gas execution of Anthony Boyd, should it move forward. Take a moment to read this story about his legacy on death row. If the state executes Boyd, an eyewitness account will be added to this piece. www.treadbylee.com/p/hope-in-th...
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Public safety 101: when methane is tied to a fatal explosion, you don’t suspend monitoring. You expand it and publish the data.
Alabama should reinstate the plan and brief Oak Grove residents.
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#UnmuteAlabama #FamiliesFirst
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Alabama should reinstate the plan and brief Oak Grove residents.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #FamiliesFirst
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines - Inside Climate News
In a letter to federal regulators, the director of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission wrote she has “indefinitely suspended” methane monitoring requirements her agency agreed to in 2024. Experts sa...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Public safety 101: when methane is tied to a fatal explosion, you don’t suspend monitoring. You expand it and publish the data.
Alabama should reinstate the plan and brief Oak Grove residents.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #FamiliesFirst
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Alabama should reinstate the plan and brief Oak Grove residents.
@leehedgepeth.bsky.social
#UnmuteAlabama #FamiliesFirst
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
18 months after a fatal home atop a coal mine, Alabama says it no longer plans to require monitoring of explosive gases under homes. Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
October 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
18 months after a fatal home atop a coal mine, Alabama says it no longer plans to require monitoring of explosive gases under homes. Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
Will Berry opposed the execution of Geoffrey West, the man who took his mother's life. Alabama suffocated him anyway. Read the full story here.
'We Pray He Gains Peace': Over Objection of Victim's Family, Alabama Executes Geoffrey Todd West
Will Berry opposed the execution of his mother's murderer. Alabama suffocated him anyway.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Will Berry opposed the execution of Geoffrey West, the man who took his mother's life. Alabama suffocated him anyway. Read the full story here.
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Please watch this
Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...
September 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please watch this
Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...
September 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Will Berry is opposed to the execution of the man who took his mother’s life. Here’s what he told Alabama’s governor. www.treadbylee.com/p/justice-de...