Members of the Concerned Citizens of St. John and the Coalition Against Death Alley protest the Denka Plant in 2019. The plant is at the center of a dispute over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can take race into consideration in regulating pollution. Julie Dermansky Photography LLC / Floodlight This article was produced by Floodlight. Echoing arguments similar to those used by the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action, Republican attorneys general from 23 states including Texas petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency th ..read more

A Texas A&M Forest Service plane drops water on a wall of flames that reaches into the sky as the Smokehouse Creek fire reignited on March 3 near Miami, Texas. Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife This article was originally published by Yale Climate Connections. The biggest wildfire outside of Alaska in modern U.S. history recently tore a 100-mile-long, 20-mile-wide gash across the northeast Texas Panhandle and extreme western Oklahoma, destroying more than 500 structures and killing two people. Despite its horror, the fire served as a valuable test for a collaborative warning process that ..read more

Big Oil executives push back against calls for fast energy transition. Reuters Protecting this tiny Texas plant could complicate wind power plans. Greenwire Texas utilities lack regulation for fire prevention, experts say. Houston Chronicle Houston solar farm delayed amid renewable energy financing woes. Houston Landing In Texas, as in California, big fires lead to big lawsuits. Grist New lake will fuel petrochemical expansion on Texas Coast. Inside Climate News ..read more

Companies are poised to inject millions of tons of carbon underground. Will it stay put? Inside Climate News No reprieve for ‘Cancer Alley’: Louisiana pollution correlates with preterm births. NPR How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent. AP Louisiana LNG could be ‘nail in the coffin’ for local fishermen. Gas Outlook ..read more

California is quietly Trump-proofing its EV rules. Heatmap News EPA sets strongest-ever climate change rules for cars. Washington Post Petrochemicals are killing us, a new report warns in the New England Journal of Medicine. Inside Climate News Florida protects student-athletes from heat. It hasn’t done the same for workers. Tampa Bay Times A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up. The Guardian A new surge in power use is threatening US climate goals. New York Times US energy industry gas leaks are triple the official figures, study find. The Guardian ..read more

Former President Donald Trump at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla. Gage Skidmore/Flickr.com. (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Carbon Brief, which produced this article, is a U.K.-based website covering the latest developments in climate science. A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 4 billion metric tons of U.S. emissions by 2030 compared with Joe Biden’s plans, Carbon Brief analysis reveals. This extra 4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) by 2030 would cause global climate damages worth more than ..read more

Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle. AP West Texas orphan oil wells are leaking with unknown harms. Texas Tribune Inside the fight to stop LNG export projects in South Texas. Canary Media Railroad Commission approves toxic waste ponds next to Baptist camp. Inside Climate News How the plastics industry is molding young minds in the classroom. Washington Post Texas sets solar power record, ranks third for home rooftop solar. Houston Chronicle ..read more

New study sees the sobering future of Louisiana’s coast. nola.com Here’s what the survivors of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon wildfire want you to know. ProPublica Apache Corporation will pay $4 million in oil and gas penalties and ensure compliance at 422 well pads. KRQE ..read more

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world. AP Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study. The Guardian Conservatives gear up for EPA revamp in 2025. E&E News The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why. CNN Air pollution tied to signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds. Washington Post Here’s where the Inflation Reduction Act is working, and where it’s falling short. New York Times ..read more

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to members of the State Legislature on Jan. 15, 2024. Michael Johnson/The Advocate, Pool Floodlight, which produced this article, is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. In his first four weeks in office, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has filled the ranks of state environmental posts with fossil fuel executives.  Landry has taken aim at the state’s climate task force for possible elimination as part of a sweeping reorganization of Louisiana’s environmental bureaucracy. The goal, according to Land ..read more