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By Terry L. Jones/Floodlight. 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 proposed solar farm — and each other.
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Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What ...
Nov 2, 2024 · A new Floodlight analysis of campaign finance data in nine of the 10 states that elect their commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all. The analysis covered contributions to the 54 commissioners elected in the 10 years ...
Louisiana second in the nation when it comes to EV charger growth
9 hours ago · Louisiana saw a 49% increase in electric vehicle charging stations between 2023 and 2024, putting it among the U.S. leaders in EV charging infrastructure growth, according to an annual report. Pictured is a public charger in downtown Baton Rouge. (Terry L. Jones / Floodlight) Although electric ...
Black women are leading the fight against polluters in Louisiana — …
Oct 9, 2024 · Louisiana community advocates and twins Jo Banner, right, and her sister Joy Banner led the fight against an $800 million grain export elevator that would have towered over St. John the Baptist Parish. In August, the company planning to build the project abruptly halted it. Jo Banner says she and other opponents were “gobsmacked” by the ...
Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulators’ ties to the ...
Nov 3, 2024 · The amount of energy from solar, wind, hydropower and biomass is so low that industrial users this year convinced the PSC to let them build their own renewable energy generation to help power their operations.. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when nearly 900,000 Louisiana customers were out of power — some for weeks — community advocates pressed for rooftop solar, which allowed residents ...
Is US offshore wind dead in the water - Floodlight
May 28, 2024 — 9 min read. Jennifer Scalise, wife of U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., christens the ECO EDISON, the first American-built offshore wind service operations vessel on May 11, 2024 in New Orleans. The ECO EDISON will be the floating home base for offshore wind technicians at Ørsted's Northeast offshore wind farms.
Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Louisiana’s ambitious plan to save and restore its coastline is stalled amid lawsuits seeking to halt the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. But federal officials warn the state could lose more than $2 billion if it does not commit to finishing the project. (Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority)
Nuclear power could solve US electricity needs. But at what cost?
Oct 14, 2024 · The rising costs of what was supposed to be the first commercial SMR in the United States led startup NuScale and Utah Municipal Power Systems to squash its project roughly a year ago. Estimated costs went from $5.3 billion to $9.3 billion after construction costs jumped 75% from their original price tag.
‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New …
Oct 23, 2024 · The United States produces more than three times as much power from the sun, wind and geothermal sources as it did in 2014, with growth in all 50 states, according to a new report from Environment America. (Dee J. Hall / Floodlight) Johanna Neumann was watching Monday Night Football with her husband ...