State Sen. Paul Newton introduced Senate Bill 261 on Tuesday with the gusto of a car salesman: “I’m here to offer you an opportunity to save North Carolina billions of dollars,” the Cabarrus County Republican said as he convened a meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Energy and Environment Committee. The savings, Newton said, would come […]
More than 200 wildfires broke out in the Southeastern U.S. last week, marking an active start to the region’s annual fire season. A particularly large fire in a forest near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, forced dozens of evacuations and scorched more than 2,000 acres of land. Firefighters have largely contained the most severe blazes, but […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—On Monday, as afternoon sank into evening, a haze fell over the Magic City. Soon, the questions began popping up. “What’s burning?” Julia Juarez, one Birmingham resident, posted on social media. “I don’t know,” another resident replied. “I kept trying to clean my glasses.” His glasses weren’t the problem. The real cause of the […]
After years of planning to deal with climate change at some of the country’s military bases, local Northern Virginia government officials are seeking funding for climate adaptation that, at this point, may or may not materialize. Robert Lazaro, executive director of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, said climate change is a reality that manifests itself […]