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Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, ...
Gulf Coast Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical ...
Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.
Jeff is a contributing visual producer at Floodlight and professor of multimedia journalism at Marist University.
Sustainable Building The gas lobby is weakening Southern California’s boldest clean-air plan in decades A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against a transition away from ...
Gulf Coast Hundreds of millions up for grabs in environmental justice grants Housing, air monitoring, green jobs and coastal resilience are some of the initiatives that could receive funding under the ...
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, ...
Polluting Democracy Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong? The clean energy transition, for one, a Floodlight analysis of campaign finance data reveals.
Fueling Disinformation Chevron owns this city’s news site. Many stories aren’t told. The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that ...
Solar Trump’s funding pause clouds future of Solar For All Program Before Donald Trump took office, solar advocates were optimistic the feds would keep their funding commitments. Now, they’re not so ...
Gulf Coast $80 million, few rules: Louisiana’s energy efficiency ‘slush fund’ One of the least energy efficient states allows elected commissioners to use ratepayer money for ‘patronage’ projects — ...