Inflation Reduction Act
Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA
The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years
Terry is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native and has lived and worked there for the last decade. Before joining Floodlight, he was the City Hall reporter for The Advocate. terry@floodlightnews.org
Inflation Reduction Act
The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years
Gulf Coast
Representatives of grassroots groups are in South Korea pushing for a cut in worldwide plastics production and pollution
Gulf Coast
But the state still lags behind most others in its rollout of federally-funded chargers along the interstate highway system
Gulf Coast
The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.
Inflation Reduction Act
Advocates say oil and gas interests are fearmongering to keep people from transitioning to electric-powered vehicles
Gulf Coast
Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development
Gulf Coast
A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community
Gulf Coast
A coalition of environmental groups is pushing 18 projects to protect Gulf Coast communities from land loss and storm damage
Gulf Coast
The new ruling bars Louisiana from considering whether to permit industrial facilities in communities already facing a disparate impact from pollution
Gulf Coast
The facility is being touted by state leaders as key to the clean energy transition — and job creator for residents of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Gulf Coast
The project in Wallace was at the center of a local fight to preserve surrounding area’s historic treasures from further industrial development
Carbon Capture
A report due in February still hasn’t been submitted after a series of public meetings; leaders of the carbon capture and sequestration study are mum
Gulf Coast
Under a new state law, residents will no longer be protected from homeowners’ policy cancellations, higher deductibles or big rate increases.
Gulf Coast
Citing air modeling and new federal soot standards, advocates want environmental regulators to block the proposed 2,400-acre project.
Gulf Coast
Residents of color are pushing the U.S. Department of Justice to block expansion of industrial development in their communities.
Gulf Coast
In Louisiana, few people of color are getting high-paying jobs in the industry — or even low-paying ones