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By James Bruggers,   

Little remains but stumps and puddles in what was once a bottomland hardwood forest on the banks of the Roanoke River in northeastern North Carolina. Credit: Joby Warrick/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.

By James Bruggers,   

A Call for Massive Reinvestment Aims to Reverse Coal Country’s Rapid Decline

By James Bruggers
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Two Louisiana Activists Charged with Terrorizing a Lobbyist for the Oil and Gas Industry

By James Bruggers

Louisville’s 'Black Lives Matter' Demonstrations Continue a Long Quest for Environmental Justice

By James Bruggers
Dozens of cranes fill the skyline over the Ohio River a Shell Polymers builds an ethane cracker plant. Credit: James Bruggers

Shell’s Plastics Plant Outside Pittsburgh Has Suddenly Become a Riskier Bet, a Study Concludes

By James Bruggers
Benjamin Myles. Credit: Alton Strupp/The Courier Journal

Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism

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.

Developers Put a Plastics Plant in Ohio on Indefinite Hold, Citing the Covid-19 Pandemic

By James Bruggers
A woman speaks into a cellphone asking for help at her flooded residence in Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 15, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Battered by Matthew and Florence, North Carolina Must Brace for More Intense Hurricanes

By James Bruggers

Trump (Sort of) Accepted Covid-19 Modeling. Don’t Expect the Same on Climate Change.

By James Bruggers
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
Grocery store refrigerators. Credit: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images

New EPA Rule Change Saves Industry Money but Exacts a Climate Cost

By James Bruggers
Construction at an ethene cracker plant on the Ohio River for making the building blocks of plastics. Credit: James Bruggers

Congressional Democrats Join the Debate Over Plastics’ Booming Future

By James Bruggers
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
People pick up plastic waste on a beach. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows

By James Bruggers

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