Gulf Coast
Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal restoration stalls
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.
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Utilities
Big utility PACs favor GOP in high-stakes 2024 races
While Republicans are the main beneficiaries, in the narrowly divided Senate, power companies hedged their bets with donations to some Dems
Polluting Democracy
Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulators’ ties to the utilities they oversee
The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its commissioners.
Polluting Democracy
Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
The clean energy transition, for one, a Floodlight analysis of campaign finance data reveals.
Fueling Disinformation
‘Weird’ newspaper shows up in North Dakota mailboxes attacking Dakota Access protests as Greenpeace trial looms
The Koch-linked paper appears in Morton County as residents are set to vote — and to hear the case brought by pipeline owner Energy Transfer
Inflation Reduction Act
‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs
A coalition of environmental groups finds U.S. renewable energy development has tripled in the past decade
Gulf Coast
California calls plastics recycling tech a ‘stunt’; to Louisiana it’s economic development
ExxonMobil wants millions in tax breaks for a Baton Rouge project that would create no jobs, pollute the environment and recycle few plastics
Inflation Reduction Act
EV myths: Are they keeping people from getting rid of their gas guzzlers?
Advocates say oil and gas interests are fearmongering to keep people from transitioning to electric-powered vehicles
Inflation Reduction Act
Nuclear power could solve US electricity needs. But at what cost?
As Three Mile Island and a Michigan reactor aim to restart, critics question whether the cost of nuclear power makes sense.
Gulf Coast
Black women are leading the fight against polluters in Louisiana — and they’re winning
Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development
Fueling Disinformation
Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping.
A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy 'grassroots' group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other
Coal
West Virginia coal plant conversion seen as a ‘miracle.’ Not everyone is a believer.
The state is betting $50 million on a plan to produce hydrogen and graphite from coal with no greenhouse gasses — an approach never done before
Power Play
‘They stole an election’; Former Florida senator convicted in ‘ghost candidates’ scandal
Frank Artiles was found guilty on three election-related counts after running a no-party spoiler candidate in a 2020 Florida Senate race.
Gulf Coast
Crowd size forces Louisiana to postpone hearing on proposed ammonia plant
The public hearing for the St. Charles Clean Fuels Plant will be rescheduled after more than 200 people show up in space meant for 60
Food
Congress members hear about digesters as a solution to curbing methane emissions
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
Gulf Coast
Unlikely alliance forms to boost community air monitoring in Louisiana
A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community