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 dominates this California city and its skyline.
Gulf Coast
Utility argues natural gas plant would keep offshore oil and gas servicing companies, and nation’s only deepwater oil port, operational.
Utilities
US energy use has been flat. But new industries are forcing a boost in utility forecasts for demand, potentially harming efforts to cut emissions.
Gulf Coast
Some are asking Congress to add more crop insurance and disaster assistance for smaller producers in the upcoming US Farm Bill.
A nonprofit group that sets U.S. building codes has nixed rules to make new homes ready for EVs and heat pumps. Climate advocates blame fossil gas lobbyists.
As the new federal methane rule enters the home stretch, stranded gas in the Permian Basin could contribute to more flaring this year.
The funds for the liquified natural gas terminals went against the bank’s own policy on fossil fuel investments.
Public data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe.
Floodlight investigates the powers stalling climate action. We partner with other newsrooms and share our stories for free.
As liquefied natural gas terminals grow exponentially along the U.S. Gulf Coast, experts raise alarm on low-risk, high-consequence events
A Floodlight analysis finds a historic surge in power company fraud and corruption. The lies and bribes cost consumers — and threaten the planet.
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.
A year after a major methane leak from underground gas storage, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky wells across the United States.
A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.
A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009.
Plaintiffs in the challenge to Georgia Public Service Commission’s statewide elections appear headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Some activists worry that the daytime state task force hearings in Baton Rouge on the issue are missing important voices from affected Black communities.
Around 140 groups have called for an extension of public comment period over U.S. Forest Service proposal amid questions about safety and impact.
Billions in new projects to reduce emissions means ratepayers must foot the bill while utilities earn guaranteed, often double-digit, profits.
In Louisiana, the energy transition away from high-intensity carbon fuels is focused on things such as creating lower-carbon hydrogen and capturing climate-warming carbon from industry and directly from the air.
Community-led organizations and grassroots environmental advocacy groups in Louisiana could finally get money to help reduce electricity bills, fortify homes against natural disasters and reduce pollution in underserved communities.