About Floodlight

Floodlight is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom that investigates the corporations and political interests stalling climate action.

Through deep investigative reporting, we uncover how powerful interests shape the climate crisis, and who benefits when the public is kept in the dark.

Floodlight exists because there still isn't enough climate journalism, and the kind that's hardest to do is the kind least likely to get done. So we do it. We investigate the people and institutions behind the fossil fuel industry — the utility executives, trade groups, lobbyists, consultants and elected officials who shape what's possible on climate, usually out of public view.

And we don't keep it. Every story we report is published with partner newsrooms across the country, because a story that stays in one place doesn't change much.

The climate crisis has a backstory. We uncover it.

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What we investigate

Our reporting follows the money, the influence and the decisions driving the climate crisis. We investigate topics including:

Fossil fuel companies and the industries that support them
Corporate lobbying and political influence
AI, data centers and their growing environmental footprint
Government regulators and the agencies meant to hold polluters accountable
Communities living with the impacts of these decisions

How we partner

Floodlight was built on the idea that climate accountability reporting has the greatest impact when it's collaborative. We work with national partners like The Guardian, WIRED, PBS and NPR to produce investigations with national reach, then make every story available free of charge for local and regional newsrooms to republish, ensuring it reaches the communities most affected.

That model helps our journalism travel further than it could on its own. In 2025, Floodlight investigations were republished more than 1,000 times by over 500 newsrooms across the U.S.

If you're a news publisher, learn more about reporting with us or sharing our work.

Where to find us

Floodlight stories don't just appear on our website and our partners' websites. Visual journalism is an increasingly important part of how we investigate and tell stories, such as our pioneering use of thermal drones to reveal the fossil fuel infrastructure powering AI data centres.

That's why video is a key part of our work. On Floodlight’s YouTube channel, you'll find our original short documentaries, which have helped our investigations reach millions of viewers.

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Our impact

Floodlight’s model has shown how journalism can hold the powerful to account and expose the harms of climate change on vulnerable communities. Many of our stories have spurred regulatory and corporate change around the country. Floodlight is also a leader in the news industry. Our reporting regularly wins prestigious state and national awards.