Terry Jones

Baton Rouge

Climate and Accountability Reporter at Floodlight

Climate/Accountability Reporter for @FloodlightNews (My opinions are my own, not my employer's.) past jobs: @theadvocatebr @hburgamerican @shreveporttimes

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Articles

Environmental groups sue over Louisiana’s ban on community air monitoring

2 weeks ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones

Six grassroots environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit this week that takes aim at a 2024 Louisiana law that essentially crippled community-based air monitoring in the state. The suit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, calls the law an “industry-friendly ban” that bars groups from using their own independent air monitoring systems to warn residents living in fenceline communities about potential health risks.
Environmental groups sue over Louisiana’s ban on community air monitoring

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Terry Jones

Published by Louisiana Illuminator. Six grassroots environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit this week that takes aim at a 2024 Louisiana law that essentially crippled community-based air monitoring in the state. The suit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, calls the law an “industry-friendly ban” that bars groups from using their own independent air monitoring systems to warn residents living in fenceline communities about potential health risks.
Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

3 weeks ago | grist.org | Terry Jones

This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action. Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave this country’s nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants until 2027 to install or improve air quality monitoring devices on smokestacks to meet federal guidelines to cut hazardous pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead, and particulate matter.
Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

1 month ago | wwno.org | Terry Jones

Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave this country’s nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants until 2027 to install or improve air quality monitoring devices on smokestacks to meet federal guidelines to cut hazardous pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead and particulate matter.
Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones

Coal — 6 min read Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave this country’s nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants until 2027 to install or improve air quality monitoring devices on smokestacks to meet federal guidelines to cut hazardous pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead and particulate matter.
GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally

1 month ago | wwno.org | Terry Jones

A technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, the U.S. epicenter of the push for carbon capture and sequestration. Environmentalists have long questioned the cost, risks and effectiveness of CCS.
GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally

1 month ago | krvs.org | Terry Jones

A technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, the U.S. epicenter of the push for carbon capture and sequestration. Environmentalists have long questioned the cost, risks and effectiveness of CCS.
GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones

Published by Verite News, Louisiana Illuminator, WWNOA technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, the U.S. epicenter of the push for carbon capture and sequestration. Environmentalists have long questioned the cost, risks and effectiveness of CCS.
Opinion: A farmer recommends love and respect to nurture CT communities

1 month ago | darientimes.com | Terry Jones

The 20th anniversary of the Community Investment Act (CIA) — Under the CIA, a $40 recording fee is collected on every real estate transaction. Those funds are then distributed in support of historic preservation, protecting open spaces, preserving farmland, improving farm viability, and creating affordable housing. Since 2005, the CIA has made more than $159 million in investments in our communities.
Flood risks getting worse along U.S. coastlines, new analysis shows

2 months ago | wwno.org | Terry Jones

Flooding in coastal areas of the United States is projected to occur 10 times more often over the next 25 years, with about 2.5 million people and 1.4 million homes facing severe property damage from sea level rise, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by Climate Central. And that’s only if countries keep their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as outlined in the Paris Agreement — the international treaty geared toward climate mitigation and greenhouse reduction.