A state-by-state rundown of major races and ballot measures, plus resources to check out before heading to the polls.
Category: Energy
Posted inAlabama, Economies, Energy, Mid-South
From arms to renewables: How workers in this Southern military industrial hub are converting the economy
Huntsville, Alabama is teeming with engineers and STEM talent. Some are leaving the defense economy for the clean energy one.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee
Frustrated Memphis residents to put pressure on pipeline developers at Saturday meeting
Byhalia Connection developers claim eminent domain, try to buy Shelby County Schools property for pipeline planned to run through a Black Memphis neighborhood.
Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Energy, Justice
Video: Pipeline opponents discuss lessons learned
After years of fighting new oil and gas pipelines in rural areas, activists have scored major victories that cloud the future or eliminate several big projects. Three people who helped lead anti-pipeline campaigns talk about their work and what lies ahead.
Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Georgia, Justice, Mississippi, North Carolina, Public Health
How Europe’s wood pellet appetite worsens environmental racism in the South
An expanding wood pellet market in the Southeast has fallen short of climate and job goals—instead bringing air pollution, noise and reduced biodiversity in majority Black communities.
Posted inAppalachia, Energy, Tennessee
‘Dead in the water’: How TVA bottlenecked a community-driven solar project
Emails show the utility could be leveraging the solar array to keep an electric cooperative locked in a long-term power agreement.
Posted inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Justice, Louisiana, Water
Public records show a Louisiana lawmaker is getting paid to push a proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities
The 280-mile Delta Express pipeline would connect an existing natural gas pipeline in northern Louisiana to a liquid natural gas facility in its southernmost parish.