Southeast

Q&A: How White Flight and Environmental Injustice Led to the Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis

Heather McTeer Toney, the former regional EPA administrator, talks about the factors—climate change among them—that led to the water-system failure in Mississippi’s capital city.

By James Bruggers

These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate

By James Bruggers

Habitat Protections for Florida’s Threatened Manatees Get an Overdue Update

By Amy Green, WMFE

New Florida Legislation Will Help the State Brace for Rising Sea Levels, but Doesn’t Address Its Underlying Cause

By Amy Green, WMFE

The Largest U.S. Grid Operator Puts 1,200 Mostly Solar Projects on Hold for Two Years

By James Bruggers

Florida Judge Asked to Recognize the Legal Rights of Five Waterways Outside Orlando

By Katie Surma

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

Battered and Flooded by Increasingly Severe Weather, Kentucky and Tennessee Have a Big Difference in Forecasting

By James Bruggers, Caroline Eggers

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization

By Amy Green, WMFE

In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays

By James Bruggers

Global Warming Can Set The Stage for Deadly Tornadoes

By Bob Berwyn

Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe

By James Bruggers

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On

By James Bruggers

Chemours’ Process for Curtailing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Produce Hazardous Air Pollutants in Louisville

By James Bruggers, Phil McKenna

Despite GOP Gains in Virginia, the State’s Landmark Clean Energy Law Will Be Hard to Derail

By James Bruggers

The Biomass Industry Expands Across the South, Thanks in Part to UK Subsidies. Critics Say it’s Not ‘Carbon Neutral’

By James Bruggers

After Ida, Louisiana Struggles to Tally the Environmental Cost. Activists Say Officials Must Do Better

By James Bruggers

In Florida, Environmental Oversight Improves Under DeSantis, But Enforcement Issues Remain

By Amy Green