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As Millions Face Climate Relocation, the Nation’s First Attempt Sparks Warnings and Regret

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes—and promises.

By Terry L. Jones and Evan Simon, Floodlight

Kristi Naquin shows wind damaged screens at her home, built as part of the first federally funded relocation project in the United States. Naquin was among the more than 30 residents who used to live along the Louisiana coastline at Isle de Jean Charles, a mostly Indigenous community. Naquin says the 3-year-old homes are substandard. Credit: Jeffrey Basinger/Floodlight

Rich Piar farms soybeans in Knox County, Ohio. The solar project he hopes will be built on his land. Credit: Sarahbeth Maney/ProPublica

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping

By Miranda Green, Floodlight; Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica; Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism

A view of the damage left in Chauvin, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida hit the state in 2021. Louisiana homeowners may have a harder time holding onto their private insurance after the state Legislature made it easier for insurers to cancel policies. Credit: Rachel Mipro/Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana’s ‘Business-Friendly’ Climate Response: Canceled Home Insurance Plans

By Terry L. Jones, Floodlight

Activists stage a protest outside the Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 15, 2016 in Washington, DC. Activists urged the EPA to shut down operations of Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility, which had been leaking huge amount of methane, sickening residents in the neighboring Porter Ranch, Calif. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Why a Natural Gas Storage Climate ‘Disaster’ Could Happen Again

By Taylor Kate Brown, Floodlight

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