James Bruggers
Reporter, Southeast, National Environment Reporting Network
James Bruggers covers the U.S. Southeast, part of Inside Climate News’ National Environment Reporting Network. He previously covered energy and the environment for Louisville’s Courier Journal, where he worked as a correspondent for USA Today and was a member of the USA Today Network environment team. Before moving to Kentucky in 1999, Bruggers worked as a journalist in Montana, Alaska, Washington and California. Bruggers’ work has won numerous recognitions, including best beat reporting, Society of Environmental Journalists, and the National Press Foundation’s Thomas Stokes Award for energy reporting. He served on the board of directors of the SEJ for 13 years, including two years as president. He lives in Louisville with his wife, Christine Bruggers.
California Attorney General Investigates the Oil and Gas Industry’s Role in Plastic Pollution, Subpoenas Exxon
By James Bruggers
The Largest U.S. Grid Operator Puts 1,200 Mostly Solar Projects on Hold for Two Years
By James Bruggers
Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable
By James Bruggers
Should EPA Back-Off Pollution Controls to Help LNG Exports Replace Russian Gas in Germany?
By James Bruggers
The Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines
By 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
For the First Time, Nations Band Together in a Move Toward Ending Plastics Pollution
By James Bruggers
Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics
By James Bruggers
Battered and Flooded by Increasingly Severe Weather, Kentucky and Tennessee Have a Big Difference in Forecasting
By James Bruggers, Caroline Eggers
New Faces on a Vital National Commission Could Help Speed a Clean Energy Transition
By James Bruggers
Overwhelmed by Solar Projects, the Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Seeks a Two-Year Pause on Approvals
By James Bruggers
For the First Time, a Harvard Study Links Air Pollution From Fracking to Early Deaths Among Nearby Residents
By James Bruggers
In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays
By James Bruggers
Inspired by King’s Words, Experts Say the Fight for Climate Justice Anywhere is a Fight for Climate Justice Everywhere
By James Bruggers
The Biden Administration Takes Action on Toxic Coal Ash Waste, Targeting Leniency by the Trump EPA
By James Bruggers
World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air
By James Bruggers
