James Bruggers, Inside Climate News
Reporter, Southeast, National Environment Reporting NetworkJames Bruggers covers the U.S. Southeast, part of Inside Climate News鈥� National Environment Reporting Network. He previously covered energy and the environment for Louisville鈥檚 Courier Journal, where he worked as a correspondent for USA Today and was a member of the USA Today Network environment team. Before moving to Kentucky in 1999, Bruggers worked as a journalist in Montana, Alaska, Washington and California. Bruggers鈥� work has won numerous recognitions, including best beat reporting, Society of Environmental Journalists, and the National Press Foundation鈥檚 Thomas Stokes Award for energy reporting. He served on the board of directors of the SEJ for 13 years, including two years as president. He lives in Louisville with his wife, Christine Bruggers.
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The mayor and city council have enacted a one-year moratorium after the EPA raised multiple environmental justice concerns, from toxic air to hazardous waste. -
A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a scrap tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio鈥檚 Steel Valley.
