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A news collaborative partnering with local & national journalists to investigate the powerful interests holding back climate action [email protected]
Mass firings. Low morale. Climate cuts. DOGE influence. In just 6 months, Trump’s new ag secretary, Brooke Rollins, has reshaped the USDA. floodlightnews.org/farming-in-the…
Get to know the people behind the reporting. In our new staff interview series, Floodlight reporters share what drives their work. Next up: investigative journalist Ames Alexander. floodlightnews.org/meet-ames-alex…
Since Trump took office, the EPA has canceled more than 600 grants—totaling over $2.7 billion. One village lost funds to stop riverbank erosion. Another group lost air monitors for polluted neighborhoods: “We feel like we're at ground zero again.” floodlightnews.org/floods-are-swa…
After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a “dump site for rotten meats.” floodlightnews.org/at-an-iowa-por…
Even in colder U.S. climates, studies show reflective roofs save energy and cool cities. In Baltimore, the little-known dark roof lobby pushed back—but the city passed a cool roof law anyway. floodlightnews.org/this-little-kn…
Americans who believe in global warming vastly outnumber those who don’t—and half say they’ve felt its effects. Yet researchers have found that climate change still isn’t a top priority for voters: floodlightnews.org/most-in-us-wor…
.@Sentient_Media reports on shocking conditions at an Iowa pork plant: “The floor is lined with so many decomposed hogs that wooden walkways were placed over their bodies for employees to get across.” Republished and available on Floodlight's website:floodlightnews.org/at-an-iowa-por…
At LSU, oil and gas companies have donated tens of millions, influencing research and creating an “an echo chamber for pro-fossil-fuel narratives.” floodlightnews.org/fueling-knowle…
At an Iowa pork plant, piles of dead pigs and wafting sulphur dioxide 🗞️ floodlightnews.org/at-an-iowa-por…
Meet the people behind Floodlight! First up: Dee J. Hall. our editor-in-chief. “Journalism is fun and hard and frustrating — sometimes all at the same time.” floodlightnews.org/meet-dee-j-hal…
A $95 million grant to support underserved communities? Gone. $500K to monitor air pollution in Texas? Canceled. $20M to protect an Alaskan village from flooding? Pulled. Since Trump returned to office, the EPA has slashed over $2.7B in funding. floodlightnews.org/floods-are-swa…
“More farmer, less climate,” says Trump’s agriculture secretary. But under Brooke Rollins, the USDA is shedding scientists and sustainability programs—moves that could put the nation’s food system at risk. floodlightnews.org/farming-in-the…
The AI boom is supercharging fossil fuel use. Across Texas, developers are building private gas plants to power massive new data centers. floodlightnews.org/data-centers-a…
Nearly 1 in 10 children in the U.S. attends one of 12,000 schools within a mile of a chemical facility—disproportionately children of color in low-income areas. Under Trump’s new policies, these communities could see even more pollution, Floodlight reports:floodlightnews.org/as-epa-pulls-b…
The dark roof industry is using a familiar playbook to stop reflective roofing rules that could cool cities: Question the science. Sow doubt. Block regulations. It's like the claim “that there’s no correlation between smoking and cancer,” says one expert. floodlightnews.org/this-little-kn…
Earlier this year, Louisiana’s energy regulators voted to kill a long-awaited independent energy efficiency program—one advocates say would have lowered bills for residents in the highest-energy-using state in the U.S. floodlightnews.org/energy-efficie…
In her first six months, Donald Trump’s second agriculture secretary has altered the course of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She says prosperity is ‘just around the corner.’ But staffing cuts and restricted research could have long-lasting impacts. floodlightnews.org/farming-in-the…
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years, @nysfocus reports: canarymedia.com/articles/polic…
200 coal plants are still operating in the U.S. Trump has now given a two-year reprieve to dozens of them—stalling enforcement of EPA rules that require continuous monitoring of toxic air pollution like lead and arsenic. floodlightnews.org/trumps-2-year-…
Mass firings. Low morale. Climate cuts. DOGE influence. In just 6 months, Trump’s new ag secretary, Brooke Rollins, has reshaped the USDA. NEW in @FloodlightNews, republished from @IMidwest: floodlightnews.org/farming-in-the…