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Floodwater that swept down Pigeon Creek hit Eddie Fields' home in Pie, West Virginia, and many of his neighbors' homes in May 2009. New research shows the flood risk in strip-mined regions like his is rising. Credit: Logan Banner file photo

Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Mountains Face a Growing Climate Risk: Flooding

By James Bruggers

Virginia voters gave Democrats a leadership trifecta on Nov. 5, 2019, flipping both chambers of the legislature from Republican to Democrat in a state led by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. Credit: Katherine Frey/Washington Post via Getty Images

Voters Flip Virginia Legislature, Clearing Way for Climate and Clean Energy Policies

By James Bruggers

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper meets with disaster response officials. Credit: Office of the Governor

A Southern Governor's Climate & Energy Plan Aims for Zero Emissions by 2050

By James Bruggers

Heavy machinery excavate coal ash from an unlined coal ash pond in Virginia, where a large water release in 2015 had sent the byproducts of coal-burning into Quantico Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. Credit: Kate Patterson for The Washington Post

Trump EPA Proposes Weaker Coal Ash Rules, More Use at Construction Sites

By James Bruggers

InsideClimate News' environmental workshop in September 2019 will focus on covering climate change and the clean energy economy in the American Southeast. Credit: Kerry Sheridan/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists: Apply Now for ICN’s Southeast Environmental Reporting Workshop

By ICN Staff

LG&E imploded the Can Run Generating Station in Louisville on June 8.

A Kentucky Power Plant's Demise Signals a Reckoning for Coal

By James Bruggers

What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One

By James Bruggers

West Virginia coal operation. Credit: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images

Inside a Southern Coal Conference: Pep Rallies & Fears of an Industry's Demise

By James Bruggers

Memphis at dusk, with a banner celebrating an anniversary of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, the municipal utility. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Cities Pressure TVA to Boost Renewable Energy & One Considers Breaking Away

By James Bruggers

Electric vehicle, charging. Credit: Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

Utilities See Green in Electric Vehicle Charging Business — and Growing Competition

By James Bruggers

Maintenance workers on a solar farm. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Wind & Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Existing Coal in Much of the U.S., New Analysis Finds

By Dan Gearino

A photo of Mexico Beach looking east across the canal shows several of the properties where homes once lined the canal that FEMA's draft map moves from the high-risk 100-year floodplain to the lower-risk 500-year floodplain. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Image

Not Trusting FEMA’s Flood Maps, More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

By James Bruggers

Coal ash from the now-retired Allen Fossil Plant is among the worst groundwater polluters, a new study finds. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of U.S. Coal Plants, Tests Show

By James Bruggers

Ethane cracker plant. Credit: James Bruggers

Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia?

By James Bruggers

In December, nine coal barges broke loose on the Ohio River, and several sank along with their cargo at a dam near Louisville. Credit: James Bruggers

Industry Wanted This Ohio River Commission to Stop Setting Water Standards. It Almost Gave in.

By James Bruggers

Tennessee Valley Authority voted to close its Paradise coal-fired power plant in Kentucky. Credit: TVA

TVA Votes to Close 2 Coal Plants, Despite Political Pressure from Trump and Kentucky GOP

By James Bruggers

Paradise Fossil Plant, Kentucky. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

Trump's Fighting to Keep a Costly, Unreliable Coal Plant Running. TVA Wants to Shut It Down.

By James Bruggers

Republican Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida's governor in 2019. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, a New Governor Shifts Gears on Science, and Maybe Climate Change

By James Bruggers

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