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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

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

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