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Georgia Power Poised To Freeze Base Rates Until 2028 — With a Catch
Unlike the 2022 plan, the proposed extension doesn’t include any pre-approved rate hikes, but there’s a catch. Georgia Power signaled it will file a separate rate case in 2026 to recover an estimated $860 million in storm costs, mostly due to Hurricane Helene, from its 2.7 million customers. It will also file a case to recover fuel costs from customers by February 2026. If the PSC agrees, that could further raise consumers’ power bills.

Alex Ip
Jun 28, 20254 min read


No Bull: Nepal’s Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point
As people migrate to urban areas in search of a better lifestyle, cattle-rearing, prevalent in rural Nepal, is declining. As a result, three decades in, biogas’s impact on the country remains up in the air.

Manish Koirala
Jun 9, 20256 min read


कृषि प्रधान देश नेपालमा किन बायोग्यास बल्न संघर्ष गरिरहेको छ ?
गुणस्तरीय जीवनको खोजीमा मानिसहरू शहरी क्षेत्रतर्फ पलायन हुँदै गर्दा नेपालका ग्रामिण भेगमा भने पशुपालन कार्य क्रमस: कम हुँदै गएको छ ।यसको परिणामस्वरूप, तीन दशक बितिसक्दा पनि, बायोग्यासको प्रभाव देशमा अझै अनिश्चित अवस्थामा छ।

Manish Koirala
Jun 9, 20256 min read


“You Need To Air Out Your Dirty Laundry”: An Anatomy of a TCEQ Public Hearing
A rainbow coalition of Texas Coastal Bend residents tried every tool in the regulatory process to stop the crude oil export industry. Did they ever have agency?

Alex Ip
May 30, 202514 min read


“I Was Having a Good Time”: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?
A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies turned sleepy Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, into the Crude Oil Export Terminal of the United States, and did local residents in.

Alex Ip
May 27, 202513 min read


“Our Slice of Heaven That You’re Willing To Turn Into Hell for a Profit.”
Three export terminals that captured half of the U.S. crude oil export industry have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the Texas Coastal Bend town into an unlikely fenceline community.

Alex Ip
May 24, 202513 min read


EXPLAINER: What’s at Stake in the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Upcoming Primary Elections
The primary elections for PSC Districts 2 and 3 are set for June 17. While a commissioner must live in the geographic district they represent, all five are elected by voters statewide. These five commissioners, in large part, determine how the state tackles the threats posed by climate change.

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Atlanta Civic Circle
May 16, 20254 min read


Six Decades Later, Zambians Ask, “Were Chinese Mining Infrastructure Investments Worth It?”
My parents are from Taiwan, but I was born and raised in the U.S. and am an American passport holder. Not that it mattered. In these situations, there is nothing one can do to reshape rooted perceptions.

Kang-Chun Cheng 鄭康君
Apr 30, 202512 min read


Jakarta's Urban Farms Come To The Rescue Of Food-Insecure Residents
In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.

Arpan Rachman and Andi Aisyah Lamboge
Apr 23, 20257 min read


The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients
Leveraging trust built over time, doctors hope to depolarize the issue and break through misinformation.

Alex Music
Mar 25, 20257 min read
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