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Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

PJM Interconnection has overseen two record-breaking capacity auctions, leading to costs that get passed on to consumers.

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

 The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong

Extreme Weather Slams the Midwest and Southern U.S. Amid Staffing Shortages at the National Weather Service

By Kiley Price
Cleanup efforts at the Isom IGA store in East Kentucky after the flooding of July 2022. Credit: Malcolm Wilson

The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections

By Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder and Elizabeth Miller, Climate Central
Workers move chemical drums in 1979 to protect a small stream from contamination at the "Valley of the Drums" in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Credit: The Courier-Journal File Photo

Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest

By James Bruggers
Sam Satterly investigates a hazardous waste dump site known as Gully of the Drums in Jefferson Memorial Forest, a public park in Louisville, Ky. Credit: Courtesy of Sam Satterly

Louisville, Kentucky, Moves Toward Cleaning Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After More Than Four Decades

By James Bruggers
Sam Satterly investigated a hazardous waste dump known as the “Gully of the Drums” in Jefferson Memorial Forest, a Louisville public park, while she was a graduate student at the University of Louisville. Credit: Courtesy of Sam Satterly

The EPA Cleaned Up the ‘Valley of the Drums’ Outside Louisville 45 Years Ago. Why Did it Leave the ‘Gully of the Drums’ Behind?

By James Bruggers
According to a new report from Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, this “zombie” mine in Pike County, Kentucky has not produced coal since 2019. Credit: Erin Savage/Appalachian Voices

Congressional Office Agrees to Investigate ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines

By James Bruggers
A surface mine in Floyd County, Kentucky, operated by a bankrupt company is shown here in 2021 unreclaimed. Kentucky state officials said reclamation efforts have since begun. Credit: The Courier-Journal.

Lawmakers Want Answers on Damage and Costs Linked to Idled ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines

By James Bruggers
In Whitesburg, Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear visits a house with flood damage in July 2022. Beshear was criticized after the flood for public comments that made him appear to not understand that fossil fuel emissions were making storms more potent, but his comments also conveyed a sense of empathy and compassion. “I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” the governor said at the time. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images.

 Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Steers Clear of a Climate Agenda in His Bid to Fend Off a Mitch McConnell Protege

By James Bruggers
The prison fence at the Southeast State Correctional Complex in Floyd County, Kentucky, meets a road and open coal seam. Credit: Jill Frank

Q&A: From Coal to Prisons in Eastern Kentucky, and the Struggle for a ‘Just Transition’

By James Bruggers
Coal miners, their faces smeared with coal dust in a coal mine, in Cumberland, Kentucky, around 1945. Credit: Curtis Wainscott/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production

By James Bruggers, Dan Gearino
Timm Martin points out areas that are part of the Jellico Vegetation Management proposal to clear cut and log on 10.000 acres inside the Daniel Boone National Forest. Credit: Jared Hamilton

Kentucky Residents Angered by US Forest Service Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees

By Marianne Lavelle
A rescue team from the Jackson Fire Department assists people out of floodwaters downtown on July 28, 2022 in Jackson, Kentucky. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images

Drowning Deaths Last Summer From Flooding in Eastern Kentucky’s Coal Country Linked to Poor Strip-Mine Reclamation

By James Bruggers
A home in Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia, sits empty after being lifted from its foundation by a recent flood. Credit: Chris Kenning, USA Today.

Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James Bruggers
Trucks buried in mud and debris after heavy rains in late July 2022 caused flooding in Kentucky. Credit: Wang Changzheng/Xinhua via Getty Images.

Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation

By James Bruggers
A couple moves belongings away from their house to save them from flood waters on the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, July 28, 2022. Credit: Leandro Lozada/AFP via Getty Images

With Epic Flooding in Eastern Kentucky, the State’s Governor Wants to Know ‘Why We Keep Getting Hit’

By James Bruggers

These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate

By James Bruggers
The company that blasted the sides of this Floyd County, Kentucky, mountain went bankrupt and left behind mining violations including steep cliffs. The property’s owner, Tracy Neece, is waiting on state regulators to find a way to get it reclaimed. In the background, other former surface mines, largely barren of trees, are visible. Credit: Alton Strupp/The Courier Journal

The Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines

By James Bruggers

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