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Graham v. Harrison

Senate 2020: In South Carolina, Graham Styles Himself as a Climate Champion, but Has Little to Show

By James Bruggers
Agricultural workers from Bud Farms harvest celery on March 26, 2020 in Oxnard, California. Credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images

States Are Doing What Big Government Won’t to Stop Climate Change, and Want Stimulus Funds to Help

By Marianne Lavelle, Evelyn Nieves, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Sabrina Shankman
Democrat Lt. Col. Amy McGrath (left) is running against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to represent Kentucky in the Senate. Credit: Jason Davis/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images

Senate 2020: Mitch McConnell Now Admits Human-Caused Global Warming Exists. But He Doesn’t Have a Climate Plan

By James Bruggers
Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

Alabama Public Service Commission Upholds and Increases 'Sun Tax' on Solar Power Users

By James Bruggers
Memphis at dusk, with a banner celebrating an anniversary of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, the municipal utility. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts

By James Bruggers
Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the Sunday Angelus prayer earlier this month. Credit: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty

Five Years After Speaking Out on Climate Change, Pope Francis Sounds an Urgent Alarm

By James Bruggers
President Donald Trump speaks on the "Rebuilding of Americas Infrastructure: Faster, Better, Stronger" in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 15, 2020. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Proposes Speedier Environmental Reviews for Highways, Pipelines, Drilling and Mining

By James Bruggers, Maddie Kornfeld
Little remains but stumps and puddles in what was once a bottomland hardwood forest on the banks of the Roanoke River in northeastern North Carolina. Credit: Joby Warrick/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.

By James Bruggers,   

A Call for Massive Reinvestment Aims to Reverse Coal Country’s Rapid Decline

By James Bruggers
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Two Louisiana Activists Charged with Terrorizing a Lobbyist for the Oil and Gas Industry

By James Bruggers

Louisville’s 'Black Lives Matter' Demonstrations Continue a Long Quest for Environmental Justice

By James Bruggers
Dozens of cranes fill the skyline over the Ohio River a Shell Polymers builds an ethane cracker plant. Credit: James Bruggers

Shell’s Plastics Plant Outside Pittsburgh Has Suddenly Become a Riskier Bet, a Study Concludes

By James Bruggers
Benjamin Myles. Credit: Alton Strupp/The Courier Journal

Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism

By James Bruggers
A collaboration between Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical America and South Korea’s Daelim Industrial has been planning to construct a $5.7 billion plastics manufacturing plant at this site, as it was in February 2019, in Belmont County, Ohio.

Developers Put a Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Citing the Covid-19 Pandemic

By James Bruggers
LG&E imploded the Can Run Generating Station in Louisville on June 8, four years after the coal plant had been decommissioned. Credit: LG&E

Hospital Visits Declined After Sulfur Dioxide Reductions from Louisville-Area Coal Plants

By James Bruggers
Towers of flame shoot skyward from the Mont Belvieu, Texas, petroleum plant explosion on Nov. 5, 1985. Credit: Bettman/Getty Images

For the Ohio River Valley, an Ethane Storage Facility in Texas Is Either a Model or a Cautionary Tale

By James Bruggers
A collaboration between Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical America and South Korea’s Daelim Industrial has been planning to construct a $5.7 billion plastics manufacturing plant at this site, as it was in February 2019, in Belmont County, Ohio.

Market Headwinds Buffet Appalachia’s Future as a Center for Petrochemicals

By James Bruggers
Maggie Olson, left, and Krista Newton enjoy a walk on the Big Four Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky, while they make the most of the sunny skies and temperatures above 60 degrees Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Credit: Alton Strupp/Courier Journal

In Dozens of Cities East of the Mississippi, Winter Never Really Happened

By James Bruggers

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