James Bruggers
Reporter, Southeast
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.
Once Hailed as a Solution to the Global Plastics Scourge, PureCycle May Be Teetering
By James Bruggers
Biden Administration’s Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’
By James Bruggers
On the Frontlines in a ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black Women Inspired by Faith Are Powering the Environmental Justice Movement
By James Bruggers
Drowning Deaths Last Summer From Flooding in Eastern Kentucky’s Coal Country Linked to Poor Strip-Mine Reclamation
By James Bruggers
Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics
By James Bruggers
Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find
By James Bruggers
‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds
By James Bruggers
Louisiana Regulators Are Not Keeping Up With LNG Boom, Environmentalists Say
By James Bruggers
Congress Urges EPA to Maintain Clean-Air Regulations on Chemical Recycling of Plastics
By James Bruggers
Is ‘Chemical Recycling’ a Solution to the Global Scourge of Plastic Waste or an Environmentally Dirty Ruse to Keep Production High?
By James Bruggers
A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will ‘Just Run and Run’ Producing the Raw Materials for Single-Use Plastics
By James Bruggers
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back
By James Bruggers
Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana
By James Bruggers
The Nation’s Youngest Voters Put Their Stamp on the Midterms, with Climate Change Top of Mind
By James Bruggers, Darreonna Davis, Delaney Dryfoos
An Environmental Group Challenges a Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pennsylvania
By James Bruggers
Over 130 Power Plants That Have Spawned Leaking Toxic Coal Ash Ponds and Landfills Don’t Think Cleanup Is Necessary
By James Bruggers
