Lee Hedgepeth
Reporter, Alabama at Inside Climate News
Alabama reporter for @insideclimate. I write @treadbylee, a newsletter of Southern journalism. Sign up below.
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sacurrent.com | Lee Hedgepeth |Marianne Lavelle
By Lee Hedgepeth and Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News on Fri, May 23, 2025 at 5:16 pm Electric and hybrid vehicle owners should prepare for a big, beautiful tax increase.
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insideclimatenews.org | Lee Hedgepeth |Marianne Lavelle
Electric and hybrid vehicle owners should prepare for a big, beautiful tax increase. The text of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which passed the U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday, contains a provision that would impose a new annual registration fee on electric and hybrid vehicles, a move that experts say will disincentivize purchases of zero- and low-emission vehicles across the country.
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alabamareflector.com | Dennis Pillion |Lee Hedgepeth
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. GADSDEN, Ala.—Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on the north bank of the river. It’s mostly hidden by trees and bushes, except for a narrow opening with an aging chain-link fence and a “no trespassing” sign.
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yahoo.com | Dennis Pillion |Lee Hedgepeth
A covered coal ash pond sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. (Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. GADSDEN, Ala.—Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on the north bank of the river.
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insideclimatenews.org | Dennis Pillion |Lee Hedgepeth
GADSDEN, Ala.—Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on the north bank of the river. It’s mostly hidden by trees and bushes, except for a narrow opening with an aging chain-link fence and a “no trespassing” sign. Even from the air, the green synthetic liner that covers 65 years’ worth of coal combustion residuals looks like an extension of the Twin Bridges Golf Club that borders the pond to the west.
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