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Trump Administration’s Coal Investments Breathe New Life Into Plants With Repeated Violations

At least three of the 12 coal plants the Trump administration funded have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations, amplifying public-health concerns.

By Ajani Stella

 The coal-fired Cumberland Fossil Plant operated by Tennessee Valley Authority. Credit: TVA
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

‘Sound Science’ Bills Limiting State Environmental Regulations Set ‘Insurmountable Burden of Proof,’ Scientists Say

By Dennis Pillion
Utility lines with ice stretch over a snowy scene with a plowed road.

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong
Floodwater covers roads following heavy rain on April 4 in Hopkinsville, Ky. Credit: Jason Davis/Getty Images

Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds

By Chad Small
The Spotfin Chub (Erimonax monachus) is a species that has been threatened since 1977, and has been propagated at Conservation Fisheries Incorporated since 1994. Credit: Derek Wheaton

Hurricane Helene and Subsequent Cleanup Efforts Have Decimated North America’s Most Biodiverse Waters

By Kacie Faith Kress
A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong
An aerial view of the xAI data center, called Colossus, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: Steve Jones, Flight by Southwings for SELC

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa
President Donald Trump fired TVA board member Michelle Moore in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Trump Fires Clean Energy Leader From TVA Board Without Publicly Providing a Reason

By Lee Hedgepeth
An aerial view of a Memphis neighborhood in Tennessee. Memphis residents pay more of their income on energy than the national average. Credit: Kevin Wurm/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Tennessee, Climbing Utility Rates and More Than 140,000 Household Cut-Offs in 2023

By Jonmaesha Beltran
Michael Katrutsa walks through rows of tomatoes on his 20-acre produce farm in Camden, Tennessee. His crops also include sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, peppers, cucumbers, okra and more. Credit: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout

As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?

By Cassandra Stephenson, Illan Ireland and Phillip Powell, Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee renters are largely left responsible for window units to keep their homes cool if a landlord doesn't provide one. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Slow Wheels of Policy Leave Low-Income Residents of Nashville Feeling Brunt of Warming Climate

By Jonmaesha Beltran
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
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
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner David Pratt holds his daughter Willow as he walks across railroad tracks that lead to one of the company's mines near Cumberland, Kentucky in 2019. Blackjewel miners found themselves unemployed when the company declared bankruptcy and the workers' final paychecks bounced, leading them to blockade the tracks to prevent the train carrying the mine's final shipment of coal from leaving until they were paid their wages. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers
President Roosevelt delivers a speech at the dedication of the U.S. Rural Electrification Project. Credit: Getty Images

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

By James Bruggers
Nashville. Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

The TVA’s Slower Pace Toward Renewable Energy Weakens Nashville’s Future

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

A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts

By James Bruggers
Elk graze the grounds at Hatfield Knob in Campbell County inside the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area, just a few miles away from where Triple H has petitioned to mine. Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel

Trump May Approve Strip Mining on Tennessee Protected Land

By JAMES BRUGGERS, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND TYLER WHETSTONE, KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL

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