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Deadly August 2021 flooding in Middle Tennessee occurred after nearly 21 inches of rain fell, a downpour that now stands as the largest 24-hour precipitation record in any non-coastal U.S. state. Credit: Caroline Eggers, WPLN

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

By James Bruggers, Caroline Eggers

The Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

By Amy Green, WMFE

Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle property is seen in November 2021. Photo Courtesy of Georgia Power

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

By James Bruggers

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. Credit: John Amis/AFP via Getty Images

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

Workers sort recycling material at the Waste Management Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Maryland, June 28, 2018. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers

Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant is located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of the photo. Credit: Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal

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

By James Bruggers, Phil McKenna

Republican Glenn Youngkin greets supporters after giving remarks at a breakfast at Anchor Allie's on Oct. 25, 2021 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Youngkin defeated Democratic candidate and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to serve as governor of Virginia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers

Much of the United Kingdom's biomass in the form of wood pellets, which is part of its pathway to net-zero carbon emissions, comes from the Southeastern United States. Credit: Buddy Bartelsen/ullstein bild via Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers

An oil flare burns at the Royal Dutch Shell Norco Refinery during a power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made the environment a priority of his administration, but a new report shows that the state Department of Environmental Protection conducted fewer inspections in 2020 than the year before. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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

By Amy Green

The vast majority of manatee deaths have been in the Indian River Lagoon, a biological diverse east coast estuary that has been plagued with water quality problems and widespread seagrass losses. Photo Courtesy of The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Florida’s Majestic Manatees Are Starving to Death

By Amy Green

An employee with Ipsun Solar installs solar panels on the roof of the Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia on May 17, 2021. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers

Transition from Sawgrass to coastal habitat in Everglades National Park. Credit: National Park Service

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

By Amy Green

Employees from a Radian Generation change out a faulty solar inverter along a row of solar panels Dec. 4, 2017 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

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

Island Road, the only road to Isle De Jean Charles, is often flooded by encroaching water leaving residents stranded on the island for hours or days at a time. Credit: Katie Livingstone/Inside Climate News

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

By Dalia Faheid, Katie Livingstone

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

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

By James Bruggers, Sydney Boles, Brendan Rivers

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