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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

What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One

By James Bruggers

West Virginia coal operation. Credit: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images

Inside a Southern Coal Conference: Pep Rallies & Fears of an Industry's Demise

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

Cities Pressure TVA to Boost Renewable Energy & One Considers Breaking Away

By James Bruggers

Electric vehicle, charging. Credit: Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

Utilities See Green in Electric Vehicle Charging Business — and Growing Competition

By James Bruggers

Maintenance workers on a solar farm. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Wind & Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal in Much of the U.S., New Analysis Finds

By Dan Gearino

A photo of Mexico Beach looking east across the canal shows several of the properties where homes once lined the canal that FEMA's draft map moves from the high-risk 100-year floodplain to the lower-risk 500-year floodplain. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Image

Not Trusting FEMA’s Flood Maps, More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

By James Bruggers

Coal ash from the now-retired Allen Fossil Plant is among the worst groundwater polluters, a new study finds. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of U.S. Coal Plants, Tests Show

By James Bruggers

Ethane cracker plant. Credit: James Bruggers

Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia?

By James Bruggers

In December, nine coal barges broke loose on the Ohio River, and several sank along with their cargo at a dam near Louisville. Credit: James Bruggers

Industry Wanted This Ohio River Commission to Stop Setting Water Standards. It Almost Gave in.

By James Bruggers

Tennessee Valley Authority voted to close its Paradise coal-fired power plant in Kentucky. Credit: TVA

TVA Votes to Close 2 Coal Plants, Despite Political Pressure from Trump and Kentucky GOP

By James Bruggers

Paradise Fossil Plant, Kentucky. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

Trump's Fighting to Keep a Costly, Unreliable Coal Plant Running. TVA Wants to Shut It Down.

By James Bruggers

Republican Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida's governor in 2019. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, a New Governor Shifts Gears on Science, and Maybe Climate Change

By James Bruggers

Power plant. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images

Coal Ash Is Contaminating Groundwater in at least 22 States, Utility Reports Show

By James Bruggers

Days of rain from Hurricane Florence flooded homes across a wide area of North Carolina. In Spring Lake, nearly 100 miles from the coast, Bob Richling carried items from a home as the Little River flooded. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Recovering from Back-to-Back Hurricanes, North Carolina Reconsiders Climate Change

By James Bruggers

Workers used heavy equipment to scoop up coal ash after the Kingston spill. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They're Fighting for Compensation.

By James Bruggers

Mexico Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Michael. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

FEMA’s Flood Maps Ignore Climate Change, and Homeowners Are Paying the Price

By James Bruggers

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