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Floodlight is a nonprofit organization focused on environmental journalism. We collaborate with local reporters and The Guardian to jointly publish in-depth investigations that expose the corporate and ideological forces hindering progress on climate change. Check out our latest article, created in partnership with Alaska Public Media, which highlights significant shortcomings in regulations concerning harmful smoke from wood stoves.

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Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

1 week 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.
Even in red America, clean energy is booming. But now, huge renewable projects are dead.

1 week ago | floodlightnews.org | Ames Alexander

Renewable energy in the United States has surged to unprecedented levels, with the combined power generated by solar, wind and geothermal more than tripling over the past decade, according to a new report by a network of state environmental groups. The growth has slashed harmful greenhouse gas emissions, made the nationâ€™s energy system more resilient and prevented thousands of premature deaths from power plant pollution, according to the report by Environment America.
GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally

3 weeks 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.
It’s the second-most-used substance on Earth — and a major climate threat

4 weeks ago | floodlightnews.org | Ames Alexander

Concrete built much of the modern world. It paves highways, shelters millions and forms the foundations of countless buildings. But cement, the crucial powder that serves as the binder in concrete, has become one of the planet’s biggest climate threats, generating about 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. And now, efforts to curb its pollution are facing new political headwinds.
Energy efficiency program killed; advocates say Louisianans will pay the price.

4 weeks ago | floodlightnews.org | Pam Radtke Russell

Published by Canary Media, Louisiana IlluminatorIn a move energy advocates say will increase electric bills for Louisiana residents and allow the state’s utilities to keep earning money for electricity they don’t provide, Louisiana’s energy regulators voted 3-2 Wednesday to scrap plans for an independently operated energy efficiency program more than 14 years in the making.
As Congress slashes spending, will clean energy tax credits survive?

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Pam Radtke Russell |Pam was part

Inflation Reduction Act — 5 min read The promise of 10 years of tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act allowed rooftop solar company PosiGen to secure $100 million in investments for its company, increase its footprint from four to 15 states and triple its workforce to 750 people. The credits also helped Enphase Energy, which produces inverters and batteries for rooftop solar systems, move most of its manufacturing from Mexico and Asia to the United States.
Flood risks getting worse along U.S. coastlines, new analysis shows

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

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.
As EPA pulls back, schoolchildren could face the steepest risks

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Terry Jones |Louisiana native

President Donald Trump and his administration have called it the “Great American Comeback.” But environmental advocates say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s reversing course on enforcing air and water pollution laws is more of a throwback — one that will exacerbate health risks for children who live and study in the shadows of petrochemical facilities.
US electricity prices are surging. These Louisiana companies want out.

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Pam Radtke Russell |Pam was part

“Horrifying.” That’s what one consumer advocate calls a projected 90% increase in electricity prices for customers of electric utility, Entergy Louisiana, between 2018 and 2030. Similar spikes in the cost of electricity are happening across the United States driven by the need to run data centers and power-hungry industries, replace old power plants and repair damaged infrastructure from more frequent storms, floods and fires supercharged by climate change.
Floodlight names Rosie Gillies to lead audience and partnership strategy

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Dee Hall

Floodlight is pleased to announce the hiring of our first-ever audience director to expand the number and type of people who see our work and to deepen audience engagement. Rosie Gillies most recently was the audience engagement editor at Bolts, a nonprofit news outlet that covers criminal justice, policing, voting rights and democracy. She will join Floodlight Tuesday, March 25.