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Environment
August 18, 2025

An EV Startup Promised 45,000 Jobs to Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting.

Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.

Ames Alexander, Floodlight
Environment
March 26, 2025

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.

Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses now in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites that favor fossil fuels over renewables

Ames Alexander & Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight; Joe Engleman, Barn Raiser