State regulators in Mississippi maintain that since the turbines are parked on tractor trailers, they don't require permits.

Ashley Gaignard poses for a photo inside her home in Donaldsonville, La., less than three miles from the world’s largest ammonia plant. “What hurts the most is we're watching the leaders that we ...

To understand how climate change may be influencing irregular migration to the United States, Columbia Journalism Investigations (CJI) and Documented spent nearly a year analyzing more than nine ...

Louisiana homeowners will no longer have the assurance of holding onto their longtime property insurance policies after a damaging storm. And they could start seeing increases in premiums and ...

For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ...

This article was produced in partnership between Columbia Journalism Investigations and Documented. It was co-published by The Guardian and republished by Floodlight. Gricelda experienced her deciding ...

Concrete built much of the modern world. It paves highways, shelters millions and forms the foundations of countless buildings. But cement, the crucial powder that serves as the binder in concrete, ...

To learn more about this investigation, listen to the Sea Change podcast from WWNO/WRKF. Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education ...

It began with a lobbyist’s pitch. Tennessee Rep. Rusty Grills says a lobbyist proposed a simple idea: repeal the state’s requirement for reflective roofs on many commercial buildings. In late March, ...

A boy looks out over Jamaica Bay in the Edgemere neighborhood of New York City. The community, which is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and the bay, is at growing risk of coastal flooding due to sea ...

Retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant Vida Rivera knows heat can be as dangerous as any enemy. Early in her military career, she collapsed from heat exhaustion while carrying a 65-pound pack on a ...