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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Credit: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images

North Carolina's Goal of Slashing Greenhouse Gases Faces Political Reality Test

By DAVID BOARKS, WFAE

Hurricane Florence destruction in New Bern, North Carolina. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Along the North Carolina Coast, Small Towns Wrestle With Resilience

By ADAM WAGNER, THE NEWS & OBSERVER

Julia Nesheiwat is Florida’s chief resilience officer. Credit: Brendan River,  WJCT Jacksonville

Jacksonville Plays Catch-up on Climate Change

By BRENDAN RIVERS, ADAPT

Elk graze the grounds at Hatfield Knob in Campbell County inside the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area, just a few miles away from where Triple H has petitioned to mine. Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel

Trump May Approve Strip Mining on Tennessee Protected Land

By JAMES BRUGGERS, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND TYLER WHETSTONE, KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL

The Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal in Savannah, Georgia, as seen from the air. Credit: Georgia Ports Authority

Efforts To Cut Georgia Ports' Emissions Lack Concrete Goals

By EMILY JONES, GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Solar panels in Orlando, Florida. Credit: Amy Green, WFME

Orlando Aims High With Emissions Cuts, Despite Uncertain Path

By Amy Green

After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created a Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning.

By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

High tides and rain can turn streets in Charleston, South Carolina into rivers, a problem that has grown worse because of rising seas. This sunny day flood happened in 2017. Credit: The Post and Courier

In Charleston, S.C., Politics and Budgets Get in the Way of Cutting Carbon Emissions

By TONY BARTELME AND CHLOE JOHNSON, THE POST AND COURIER

Illustration: Caught off Guard

Caught Off Guard: The Southeast Struggles with Climate Change

By James Bruggers

Hurricane Florence flooded out a contaminated Superfund site Cheraw, South Carolina. Credit: The State.

As Climate Change Hits the Southeast, Communities Wrestle with Politics, Funding

By James Bruggers

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Credit: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Clean Energy Loses Out in Congress’s Last-Minute Budget Deal

By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle

Nashville. Credit: Derrick Brutel/CC-BY-SA-2.0

Southern Cities' Renewable Energy Push Could Be Stifled as Utility Locks Them Into Longer Contracts

By James Bruggers

Floodwater that swept down Pigeon Creek hit Eddie Fields' home in Pie, West Virginia, and many of his neighbors' homes in May 2009. New research shows the flood risk in strip-mined regions like his is rising. Credit: Logan Banner file photo

Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Mountains Face a Growing Climate Risk: Flooding

By James Bruggers

Virginia voters gave Democrats a leadership trifecta on Nov. 5, 2019, flipping both chambers of the legislature from Republican to Democrat in a state led by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. Credit: Katherine Frey/Washington Post via Getty Images

Voters Flip Virginia Legislature, Clearing Way for Climate and Clean Energy Policies

By James Bruggers

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper meets with disaster response officials. Credit: Office of the Governor

A Southern Governor's Climate & Energy Plan Aims for Zero Emissions by 2050

By James Bruggers

Heavy machinery excavate coal ash from an unlined coal ash pond in Virginia, where a large water release in 2015 had sent the byproducts of coal-burning into Quantico Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. Credit: Kate Patterson for The Washington Post

Trump EPA Proposes Weaker Coal Ash Rules, More Use at Construction Sites

By James Bruggers

InsideClimate News' environmental workshop in September 2019 will focus on covering climate change and the clean energy economy in the American Southeast. Credit: Kerry Sheridan/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists: Apply Now for ICN’s Southeast Environmental Reporting Workshop

By ICN Staff

LG&E imploded the Can Run Generating Station in Louisville on June 8.

A Kentucky Power Plant's Demise Signals a Reckoning for Coal

By James Bruggers

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