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

1 week 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.
As Congress slashes spending, will clean energy tax credits survive?

1 week 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.
Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Pam Radtke Russell |Halle Parker |Piper Hutchinson |Pam was part

Gulf Coast — 14 min read Listen to the related Sea Change podcast from WWNO/WRKF. Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell. But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the support of those companies seemed to buy — silence.
Criminal targeting of environmental groups ‘scary,’ advocates say

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

Some grassroots environmental organizations have regained access to the millions of dollars they were promised through the Inflation Reduction Act. But now some see an even more menacing threat: prosecution. The unease has grown as President Donald Trump’s attacks on them and their mission to help disadvantaged communities and curb climate change continues to escalate.
Fueling Knowledge: LSU’s ties to oil and gas stretch back to the 1930s

1 month ago | floodlightnews.org | Piper Hutchinson

This is part one of a two-part investigative series exploring the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and Louisiana State University. To Louisiana State University administrators 55 years ago, the front yard of fraternity houses seemed like the “least objectionable” location on campus to drill seven oil wells. That’s according to the Oct. 2, 1970, minutes of the LSU Board of Supervisors’ Oil and Gas Committee, which is now defunct.
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers

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

The explosive growth of data centers around the country — driven in large part by the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence — could come at a “staggering” cost for average residents with skyrocketing electricity bills. A new report from Harvard’s Electricity Law Initiative says unless something changes, all U.S. consumers will pay billions of dollars to build new power plants to serve Big Tech. Data centers are forecast to account for up to 12% of all U.S. electricity demand by 2028.