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As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency.

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

A woman sweeps floodwater out of her home on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, La. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
A woman clears debris near a damaged building on Oct. 29, 2025, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica. Credit: Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images

Forecasters Predict Below-Average Hurricane Season, Advise Against Complacency

By Amy Green

Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore Grapples With the (Big) Wrinkle of AI

By Lee Hedgepeth

A view of Plant Vogtle’s four units in Waynesboro, Ga. Credit: Georgia Power

Two Years After Completion, Plant Vogtle Still Looms Over the Nuclear Debate

By Ryan Krugman

A team of contractors work to install a Transco pipeline in Lebanon, Pa., on Oct. 6, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Transco Pipeline Project Faces Legal Challenge

By Lisa Sorg

A seagull takes flight near the construction of a Shell oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2022. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

By Wyatt Myskow

Kim Hicks paints a message opposing a proposed data center onto a neighborhood rock near the Project Ruby site in Muscogee County, Ga., part of a growing grassroots effort against the development. Credit: Courtesy of Kim Hicks

Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition

By Jade Yeban

Turbine blades for the Revolution Wind offshore wind project are seen at State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Tech companies continue to benefit from tax exemptions and favorable energy rates for data centers in Georgia. Credit: Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

By Ryan Krugman

Alicia Johnson joined the Georgia Public Service Commission after making history in the last election cycle. Credit: Alicia Johnson for Georgia PSC

Georgia’s New Public Service Commissioner Says She Will Put Affordability and Transparency First

By Ryan Krugman

A statue of Jesus stands outside the Passionist monastery in Louisville, Ky. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

By James Bruggers

A construction crew works on Shell’s Vito platform at the Kiewit Offshore Services complex on April 6, 2022, in Ingleside, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

Environmental activists reoccupy the Atlanta Forest as it was scheduled to be developed into a police training center on March 4, 2023. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Courts’ Fight Over ‘Cop City’ Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism 

By Jade Yeban

Power line crews with Georgia Power work at a home in Savannah on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

Georgia Power is planning to add four combined-cycle gas turbines at its coal-fired Bowen power plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Credit: Alan Cressler/USGS

Environmental Groups Challenge Air Permit for Natural Gas Expansion at Atlanta Plant

By Ryan Krugman

TreesLouisville staffers Matt Thomas (left) and Mike Hayman plant an oak tree in Louisville, Ky., as part of an assisted tree migration effort. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

Helping Trees—and a City—Outrace Climate Change

By James Bruggers

A Georgia Power crew works to remove trees from transmission lines in the wake of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Ga. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene Is Headed for Georgians’ Electric Bills

By Ryan Krugman

A nearly 600-acre fire in Pacolet, S.C., caused substantial burning of tree roots. The roots are where kudzu vines build strong anchor points. Credit: Don Dicey/Conserving Carolina

The Voracious Vine That ‘Ate the South’ Can Also Fuel Wildfires

By Jaylan Sims

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