James Bruggers
Reporter, Southeast
James Bruggers covers the U.S. Southeast, part of Inside Climate News’ National Environment Reporting Network. He previously covered energy and the environment for Louisville’s 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’ work has won numerous recognitions, including best beat reporting, Society of Environmental Journalists, and the National Press Foundation’s 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.
Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis
By James Bruggers
Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel. One Critic Asks: ‘Have They Lost Their Minds?’
By James Bruggers
Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal
By James Bruggers
Minnesota Settles ‘Deceptive Environmental Marketing’ Lawsuit Over ‘Recycling’ Plastic Bags
By James Bruggers
Vying for West Virginia Governor, an ‘All of the Above’ Democrat Faces Long Odds Against a Republican Fossil Fuel Booster
By James Bruggers
Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest
By James Bruggers
Declaring an Epidemic of ‘Toxic Litter,’ Baltimore Targets Plastic Makers and Packaging in the Latest Example of Plastics Litigation
By James Bruggers
In West Virginia, the Senate Race Outcome May Shift Limits of US Climate Ambitions
By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle
Foes of New York Packaging Bill Used Threats of Empty Grocery Shelves to Defeat Plastics Bill
By James Bruggers
Louisville, Kentucky, Moves Toward Cleaning Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After More Than Four Decades
By James Bruggers
Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability
By James Bruggers
Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is Delinquent on Dozens of Penalties, Records Show
By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers
Headed Toward the Finish Line, Plastics Treaty Delegates ‘Work is Far From Over’
By James Bruggers
A Giant Plastics Chemical Recycling Plant Planned for Pennsylvania Died After Two Years. What Happened?
By James Bruggers
Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled
By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers
As Plastic Treaty Delegates Head to Canada, A Plea From the Arctic: Don’t Forget Vulnerable Indigenous Peoples
By James Bruggers
