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Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping. A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy 'grassroots' group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a …
Welcome to Floodlight
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Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA
Dec 18, 2024 · Inflation Reduction Act Solar for All likely protected from Trump’s roll back of Biden’s IRA. The program is set to install solar panels to power nearly a million low-income households over the next five years
Floodlight 2024 annual report
Floodlight supporters and subscribers, The past year has been one of growth and great progress for Floodlight, which I founded in 2021. We revealed a secret network blocking renewable power, tracked how campaign cash is slowing the energy transition and reported from fenceline communities fighting against pollution. In 2024, our
Mission & Model - Floodlight
Our mission Floodlight is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom that investigates the corporations and political interests stalling climate action. Our reporting reveals how the fossil fuel industry hinders climate progress by sowing disinformation with the public and influencing government with political spending, including dark money. You can count on Floodlight to
Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What ...
Nov 2, 2024 · A Floodlight review of campaign donations in nine of the 10 states that elect their public service commissioners found that fossil fuel interests, power companies and related groups have given about $13.5 million to elect their preferred state energy regulators in the past decade — about 35% of all donations $250 and above.
Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage
Dec 16, 2024 · Travis Dardar, founder of FISH, a group of fishers fighting development of liquefied natural gas terminals along the Gulf Coast, says the development of a carbon hub offshore from Cameron Parish, La. to store captured carbon from those LNG plants is “just no good all the way around.”
Impact - Floodlight
Floodlight’s model has shown how journalism can hold the powerful to account and expose the harms of climate change on vulnerable communities. Many of our stories have spurred regulatory and corporate change around the country. Floodlight's authoritative reporting has been cited by numerous local and national outlets, including CNN,
‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New …
Oct 23, 2024 · Inflation Reduction Act ‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs. A coalition of environmental groups finds U.S. renewable energy development has tripled in the past decade
Experts warn oil and gas can’t save Louisiana’s economy — even …
Nov 14, 2024 · Gulf Coast Experts warn oil and gas can’t save Louisiana’s economy — even under Trump. As state lawmakers consider even more tax breaks for fossil fuels, a new report says the state can no longer rely on the industry for growth