Morning Brief: Mississippi approves two 78.5-MW PV projects, U of I solar construction starts
$80 million solar facilities approved for two Mississippi counties: Public Service Commission Chairman Dane Maxwell drafted orders that would allow developers of the Moonshot Solar...
Southern Company Pledges Net Zero Emissions By 2050 But Doubles Down On Fossil Fuels
Southern Company unveiled an updated “net-zero” carbon goal yesterday at its Annual Meeting which relies heavily on negative emissions to enable continued investment in fossil...
New data indicates the Mississippi Delta is on borrowed time
Since 1932, coastal wetlands in Louisiana have declined by about 25 percent. At its fastest, the decline was around one football field lost every 34...
Farmers Must Adapt as U.S. Corn Belt Shifts Northward
Farmers have been warned for years that climate change will disrupt growing conditions and crop yields. Pennsylvania State University researchers released findings this week suggesting...
Mississippi Delta Marshes May Soon Be Gone Due to Climate Change
The remaining marshes in Mississippi Delta may not be able to withstand the impacts of sea-level rise and may be gone in the years to...
How some Mississippi teens are saving their town from climate change
The teens of Duck Hill, Mississippi, aren’t the teens you see on television protesting the impact of climate change. They’re not missing school to rally...
A Flood of Catastrophe: How a Warming Climate and the Bonnet Carré Spillway Threaten the Survival of Coast Fishermen
On a warm, sunny September morning, bait salesman Roscoe Liebig scanned the harbor’s vacant piers and shook his head in disgust. Liebig recalled his usual...
Solar Energy Facility Set to Be Built in North Mississippi
A renewable energy company will build a 200-megawatt solar facility in northeast Mississippi, under a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.