Southeast

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

The industry sees bipartisan support for “sustainable” plastics, while environmentalists call that an oxymoron and say the funding will have limited impact.

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

Florida’s Majestic Manatees Are Starving to Death

By Amy Green

Now on Hold, Georgia’s Progressive Program for Rooftop Solar Comes With a Catch

By James Bruggers

Moving Water in the Everglades Sends a Cascade of Consequences, Some Anticipated and Some Not

By Amy Green

Rural Electric Co-ops in Alabama Remain Way Behind the Solar Curve

By James Bruggers

In Three Predominantly Black North Birmingham Neighborhoods, Residents Live Inside an Environmental ‘Nightmare’

By Julia Benbrook, Augusta Saraiva

To Flee, or to Stay Until the End and Be Swallowed by the Sea

By Dalia Faheid, Katie Livingstone

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

By James Bruggers, Sydney Boles, Brendan Rivers

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

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

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

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