An Alaska Ballot Initiative Pits Protecting Habitats Against the Fossil Fuel Industry
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During Alaska’s short summer, community fairs sprout across the state like bright blooms of lupine and fireweed. This year, rival booths appeared between the carnival rides and live bands. Stand for Salmon,…
A Coal Ash Spill After Florence Could Contaminate a Major River
Tom Copeland/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over several days, Hurricane Florence dropped more than three feet of rain on North Carolina, flooding towns and neighborhoods and threatening the environmental safety of the waterways weaving through the state. On Friday, Duke Energy reported that a dam at its Wilmington power…
Trump Visited Rain-Drenched North Carolina and It Went About as Well as You’d Expect
Trump stands in front of a home that suffered damage from Hurricane Florence; in the background is a yacht that washed ashore.Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After Hurricane Florence dumped 34 inches of rain on the Carolinas, swelling rivers and flooding neighborhoods and towns, Donald Trump toured the particularly…
Many Evangelicals Swear Climate Change Isn’t Real. Meet the Christian Scientist Proving Them Wrong.
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe (L) speaks with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (R) during a festival at the White House in October 2016.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, climate change advocacy is…
A South Carolina Ghost Called the Gray Man Has Been Predicting Hurricanes for Generations
Steve Jessmore/The Sun News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hurricane Florence is dangerously raging over the Carolinas, with winds over 80 miles per hour, massive flooding, and millions expected to lose power. Official warnings and evacuation orders came…
North Carolina Towns Still Recovering From Hurricane Matthew Now Have to Deal With Florence
“You’ve got to live somewhere,” she said. Matthew Peterson, on the other hand, wasn’t taking any chances this time around. He and his family barely managed to escape Lumberton in 2016 after they awoke to find flood water creeping up toward their doors. He fled town with more than a dozen people piled in his…