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The Ellis maximum security prison in Texas

Study: Extreme heat responsible for hundreds of deaths in Texas prisons

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong.

Alleen Brown Equity November 10, 2022

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Consumers looking to reduce e-waste have new options

CircleIT’s groundbreaking recycling solutions are part of the global movement to keep more devices out of landfills.

Grist Creative Sponsored by CircleIT March 21, 2023

Smoke billows from a large power plant with two huge cooling towers set next to a pond.

‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news

A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.

Miranda Green Accountability January 21, 2024

Study: Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ could retreat faster than expected

“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”

Lylla Younes Science September 7, 2022

Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?

Volunteer cartographers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are turning local knowledge into life-saving maps in the face of rising seas and stronger storms.

Maddy Crowell Solutions June 11, 2025

The Inflation Reduction Act promises thousands of new oil leases. Drillers might not want them.

The bigger question about Joe Manchin’s fossil fuel provisions is if they’ll succeed on the senator’s own terms.

Jake Bittle Energy August 9, 2022

Black and white photo of construction on a London street lined with old-timey gas lamps.

The fossil fuel origins of ‘gaslighting’

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is all about deception. Guess where it comes from?

Kate Yoder Language November 29, 2022

Democrats and the endless pursuit of climate legislation

Amid overlapping crises, has Congress missed its moment to act?

Shannon Osaka Politics June 1, 2022

Two men in fluorescent yellow jackets and white hard hats work in cranes on an electrical line shaded by palm trees.

Power companies paid civil rights leaders in the South. They became loyal industry advocates.

A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009.

Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight, Kristi E. Swartz, Floodlight, & Adam Mahoney, Capital B Accountability January 14, 2024

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