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Chris Rowe, an unemployed Blackjewel coal miner, mans a blockade of the railroad tracks that lead to the mine where he once worked on Aug. 24, 2019 in Cumberland, Kentucky. More than 300 miners in Harlan County unexpectedly found themselves unemployed when Blackjewel declared bankruptcy and shut down their mining operations. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A Bankruptcy Judge Lets Blackjewel Shed Coal Mine Responsibilities in a Case With National Implications

By James Bruggers

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is seen during a press conference on June 8, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

Two Years Ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Was Praised for Appointing Science and Resilience Officers. Now, Both Posts Are Vacant.

By James Bruggers, Amy Green
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

A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner David Pratt holds his daughter Willow as he walks across railroad tracks that lead to one of the company's mines near Cumberland, Kentucky in 2019. Blackjewel miners found themselves unemployed when the company declared bankruptcy and the workers' final paychecks bounced, leading them to blockade the tracks to prevent the train carrying the mine's final shipment of coal from leaving until they were paid their wages. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry

By James Bruggers
President Roosevelt delivers a speech at the dedication of the U.S. Rural Electrification Project. Credit: Getty Images

A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition

By James Bruggers
Threaded drilling pipes are stacked at a hydraulic fracturing site owned by EQT Corp. located atop the Marcellus shale rock formation in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers
Coal is loaded onto a truck at a mine on Aug. 26, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power

By James Bruggers
Joseph Owens sits for a portrait outside his home on an acre of land in Southwest Memphis. The Byhalia Connection Pipeline initially offered him $3,000 to obtain an easement on a portion of his property. Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50

Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50
Property damage after Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020 in Chalmette, Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change

By Bailey Basham
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers
The Rev. Raphael Warnock at the funeral in July of Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

In Georgia Senate Race, Warnock Brings a History of Black Faith Leaders’ Environmental Activism

By James Bruggers
Patrick King and Soncia King walk through flood waters from Hurricane Delta toward their home (R) which they were still repairing from damage from Hurricane Laura on October 10, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. C

The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About a Dozen Storms. This Year It Was 30

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn
Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (left) and Jon Ossoff of Georgia wave to supporters during a rally on Nov. 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia. Ossoff and Warnock face incumbent U.S. Sens. David Purdue (R-Georgia) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) respectively in a runoff election Jan. 5. Credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

In Georgia, Buffeted by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on the Ballot

By James Bruggers
Stalks of corn are seen near York, Nebraska. The state is steadily increasing its use of renewable energy, helped by strong winds. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Energy Transition Comes to Nebraska

By Dan Gearino
Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington will soon be the first African American Catholic cardinal. Credit: Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader

By James Bruggers
Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) will face off in a runoff election in January to represent Georgia in the Senate. Credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

Senate 2020: The Loeffler-Warnock Senate Runoff in Georgia Offers Extreme Contrasts on Climate

By James Bruggers
Democrat Jon Ossoff (left) is running against Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) to represent Georgia in the Senate. Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Senate 2020: In the Perdue-Ossoff Senate Runoff, Support for Fossil Fuels Is the Dividing Line

By James Bruggers

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