Ames Alexander

Investigative reporter @floodlightnews, which examines the forces stalling climate action. Tips, story ideas? 704-999-7092; [email protected]

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My @floodlightnews colleague Evan Simon teamed up with PBS to produce this phenomenal video about how AI companies exploit legal loopholes to build massive fossil fuel plants near Texas homes — with little public input and regulators who can't keep up. https://t.co/rZJvwI5bU3

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Louisiana senator helped secure Meta's largest data center. Then he sold the land beside it.
🗞️ https://t.co/qsDel8srm8

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“The loss of this access means a lot to me and everybody else... The fate of our public lands and our rights are in jeopardy right now.”

How did the influence of a luxury resort lock the public out of Montana’s mountains? NEW in Floodlight: https://t.co/J7F4LYREJj

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How did an ultra-exclusive luxury resort more than 100 miles away from Montana’s Crazy Mountains influence the transfer of nearly 4,000 acres of public land into private ownership? https://t.co/J7F4LYREJj

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Proud to have contributed to this investigation led by my @FloodlightNews colleague Evan Simon. We examined how billionaire interests and Trump allies are influencing decisions over public lands, with major implications for public access and conservation. https://t.co/PYAbvLKldW

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@_andrewcarter Huge congratulations, Andrew!

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One of Louisiana’s biggest oil pollution cases never made it to a jury. The judge who dismissed it? She had previously represented oil companies — including one of the defendants. https://t.co/kwAf1ywa1O

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Judges overseeing Louisiana's landmark oil cases have financial stakes in defendants
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I joined WWNO to discuss my latest for Floodlight: Proposed blue ammonia plants in Louisiana will likely fall short of their lofty climate promises — and leave residents of Cancer Alley grappling with even more toxic pollution.
🔗 https://t.co/cdmanZ42qT

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Floodlight and The Guardian have published a first-of-its-kind visual investigation.

Using thermal drone imagery captured in Mississippi, our reporting shows how Musk’s AI operations are being powered — and why the findings raise serious legal questions. https://t.co/xMMETSMA8M

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We rented a thermal drone to look at Musk’s AI power plant. Here's what we found. https://t.co/xMMETSMA8M

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Companies are placing big bets on “blue ammonia” — a product made from fossil fuels but with extra technology to capture planet-warming gases and pipe them underground for storage.

In reality, carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits.
https://t.co/ZLVLc80PnB

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Along Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, residents say new ammonia and fertilizer projects could add pollution to communities already facing some of the highest industrial health risks in the U.S.

NEW in Floodlight: https://t.co/bHTJeEVkQY

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“These plants increase air pollution, they increase global warming...they increase not only energy costs, but total social costs, and so there’s zero benefit — except to the people who are taking the subsidies"

Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia
https://t.co/3Se0MmNpqO

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My latest for Floodlight: Louisiana is betting big on “blue ammonia,” built on carbon capture. We found no evidence it will deliver promised climate benefits — while proposed plants could still dump thousands of tons of pollution into Cancer Alley.
https://t.co/RFugPBBDP0

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A policy meant to create “cleaner” fuel instead helped lock the U.S. into fertilizer-heavy farming that drives powerful greenhouse gasses and pollutes rural water. https://t.co/Jy4E1uVdkv

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The Pentagon logged 2,800 heat-related illnesses among troops in 2024.

Its new policy: stop spending on climate and drop “climate change” from official missions. https://t.co/IzBOti0uQM