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This story is from Floodlight and is published in partnership with The Guardian and with contributions from The Louisiana Illuminator. Kimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St. Rose, in southeastern Loui

This story is from Floodlight and is published in collaboration with WIRED. Republished by the Texas Tribune.Omaira Garcia didn't realize life on her small ranch in Abilene, Texas, was about to change forever until clouds of dust - kicked up by a mysterio

Texas is ground zero for the AI industry's massive fossil fuel build out occurring across the country. Lured by prolific gas reserves and an industry-friendly government, AI companies have flocked to the Lone Star State in droves, erecting custom-built po

This story was published in collaboration with Verite News and the Louisiana Illuminator. Republished by The Guardian, The Lens, WWNO and others. For more than two years, Louisiana State Senator John "Jay" Morris helped pave the way for Meta to build one

Louisiana State Sen. John "Jay" Morris spoke with Floodlight for more than 30 minutes by phone on May 16 about his role in bringing Meta's Hyperion data center to Richland Parish and the land deals he and his business partners, the Franklin family, have m

This story is from Floodlight, and produced in partnership with High Country News. Sign up for HCN's newsletter here. Republished by Inside Climate News, Mother Jones, Re:Public, Truthdig and others.At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of

A controversial Montana land swap orchestrated by a secretive club for the megarich has come to symbolize the growing influence of wealthy private interests spreading across America's public lands.Floodlight's Evan Simon goes in search of the Yellowstone

This story was published in partnership with Type Investigations with support from the H.D. Lloyd Fund for Investigative Journalism, and in collaboration with Verite News and WWNO/WRKF. Republished by The Nation, Louisiana Illuminator and The Lens. A doze

Over the course of a yearlong investigation, Floodlight, Type Investigations and WWNO/WRKF examined the federal judges involved in a series of environmental damage lawsuits with huge stakes for communities in southern Louisiana. Our methodology began with

Despite overwhelming public opposition, Mississippi regulators on Tuesday approved an operating permit for 41 gas-powered turbines to run at xAI's Southaven power plant.The new turbines will help power Grok, xAI's controversial chatbot. A recent Floodligh