frequently travel the state and have a job where I study Alabama extensively, and I still struggled when I looked at a map ...

Counties in Alabama’s Black Belt led the state in carbon dioxide emissions ... [Can’t see the map? Click here.] However, those counties are also some of the least populated in the state ...

And Baldwin County, home to Alabama’s beaches, was the state’s second fastest growing county. It recorded a 2.9% growth rate, bringing its estimated population to 261,608 — the fourth ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team ...