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These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate

By James Bruggers

A manatee swims in the Homosassa River on Oct. 5, 2021 in Homosassa, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Habitat Protections for Florida’s Threatened Manatees Get an Overdue Update

By Amy Green, WMFE

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Florida Legislation Will Help the State Brace for Rising Sea Levels, but Doesn’t Address Its Underlying Cause

By Amy Green, WMFE

Utility poles next to wheat growing in a field in Pennsylvania on June 7, 2021. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

The Largest U.S. Grid Operator Puts 1,200 Mostly Solar Projects on Hold for Two Years

By James Bruggers

A person stands on a dock on Lake Virginia in Orlando. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Florida Judge Asked to Recognize the Legal Rights of Five Waterways Outside Orlando

By Katie Surma

The company that blasted the sides of this Floyd County, Kentucky, mountain went bankrupt and left behind mining violations including steep cliffs. The property’s owner, Tracy Neece, is waiting on state regulators to find a way to get it reclaimed. In the background, other former surface mines, largely barren of trees, are visible. Credit: Alton Strupp/The Courier Journal

The Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines

By James Bruggers

John Allaire checks a trap for fish or crabs on his coastal property in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles. Credit: James Bruggers

With Biden in Europe Promising to Expedite U.S. LNG Exports, Environmentalists on the Gulf Coast Say, Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

Deadly August 2021 flooding in Middle Tennessee occurred after nearly 21 inches of rain fell, a downpour that now stands as the largest 24-hour precipitation record in any non-coastal U.S. state. Credit: Caroline Eggers, WPLN

Battered and Flooded by Increasingly Severe Weather, Kentucky and Tennessee Have a Big Difference in Forecasting

By James Bruggers, Caroline Eggers

The Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization

By Amy Green, WMFE

Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle property is seen in November 2021. Photo Courtesy of Georgia Power

In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays

By James Bruggers

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. Credit: John Amis/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Can Set The Stage for Deadly Tornadoes

By Bob Berwyn

Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe

By James Bruggers

Workers sort recycling material at the Waste Management Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Maryland, June 28, 2018. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On

By James Bruggers

Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant is located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of the photo. Credit: Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal

Chemours’ Process for Curtailing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Produce Hazardous Air Pollutants in Louisville

By James Bruggers, Phil McKenna

Republican Glenn Youngkin greets supporters after giving remarks at a breakfast at Anchor Allie's on Oct. 25, 2021 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Youngkin defeated Democratic candidate and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to serve as governor of Virginia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Despite GOP Gains in Virginia, the State’s Landmark Clean Energy Law Will Be Hard to Derail

By James Bruggers

Much of the United Kingdom's biomass in the form of wood pellets, which is part of its pathway to net-zero carbon emissions, comes from the Southeastern United States. Credit: Buddy Bartelsen/ullstein bild via Getty Images

The Biomass Industry Expands Across the South, Thanks in Part to UK Subsidies. Critics Say it’s Not ‘Carbon Neutral’

By James Bruggers

An oil flare burns at the Royal Dutch Shell Norco Refinery during a power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

After Ida, Louisiana Struggles to Tally the Environmental Cost. Activists Say Officials Must Do Better

By James Bruggers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made the environment a priority of his administration, but a new report shows that the state Department of Environmental Protection conducted fewer inspections in 2020 than the year before. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Florida, Environmental Oversight Improves Under DeSantis, But Enforcement Issues Remain

By Amy Green

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