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In the Sunbelt, Young Climate Activists Push Cities to Cut Emissions, Whether Their Mayors Listen or Not

Nashville and Jacksonville, economic peers and competitors, offer a climate tale of two cities. Nashville has a plan; Jacksonville, not so much.

By Sydney Boles, Brendan Rivers and James Bruggers

A man kneels on the top step of his porch as he looks out over the flooded streets of the San Marco historic district of Jacksonville, Florida, on September 11, 2017, after storm surge from Hurricane Irma left the area flooded. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Solar Industry Wins Big in Kentucky Ruling

By Dan Gearino

The EPA Proposes a Ban on HFC-23, the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Among Hydrofluorocarbons, by October 2022

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a new conference in the state held at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on July 13, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

DeSantis Recognizes the Threat Posed by Climate Change, but Hasn’t Embraced Reducing Carbon Emissions

By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, and Amy Green, WMFE Orlando

Louisville’s Super-Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Not One, But Two Potent Greenhouse Gases

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

A Bankruptcy Judge Lets Blackjewel Shed Coal Mine Responsibilities in a Case With National Implications

By James Bruggers

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is seen during a press conference on June 8, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

Two Years Ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Was Praised for Appointing Science and Resilience Officers. Now, Both Posts Are Vacant.

By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, and Amy Green, WMFE

A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry

By James Bruggers

A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition

By James Bruggers

$Threaded drilling pipes are stacked at a hydraulic fracturing site owned by EQT Corp. located atop the Marcellus shale rock formation in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images$

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers

Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power

By James Bruggers

Joseph Owens sits for a portrait outside his home on an acre of land in Southwest Memphis. The Byhalia Connection Pipeline initially offered him $3,000 to obtain an easement on a portion of his property. Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50

Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50

Property damage after Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020 in Chalmette, Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change

By Bailey Basham

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers

In Georgia Senate Race, Warnock Brings a History of Black Faith Leaders’ Environmental Activism

By James Bruggers

The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About a Dozen Storms. This Year It Was 30

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn

In Georgia, Buffeted by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on the Ballot

By James Bruggers

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