Zachary Turner
Climate ReporterZachary Turner is a climate reporter and author of the WFAE Climate News newsletter. He freelanced for radio and digital print, reporting on environmental issues in North Carolina.
He has a bachelor's in French and a master's in journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Contact him at zturner@wfae.org or (704) 926-9309.
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A summer day in Charlotte was more likely to be mild 47 years ago. It’s part of an overall warming trend in the region as global temperatures rise. -
The North Carolina Weatherization Assistance Program upgrades homes to help them conserve energy. That includes replacing insulation, sealing windows and doors and repairing heating and cooling systems. -
July was the hottest month on record in the United States. Here's how summer heat is changing the Carolinas and our bodies. -
This weekend is the third Cohobafest. The nonprofit’s co-founder, Laura Camilo Apgar, said she wants to shift the public perception of psychedelics away from college dorm rooms and music festivals and toward their therapeutic uses. -
In April, one state regulator hit pause on Duke Energy’s 2026 solar procurement process, halting the bidding for new solar farms. Clean energy groups made their case Monday for why this action was unlawful. -
Duke Energy announces $2.6B in profits as state regulators deliberate on utility’s rate hike requestDuke Energy earned $2.6 billion in the first half of the year, up almost 12% from a year ago. Tuesday’s earnings call comes weeks after Duke Energy Carolinas partially backed off its rate-hike request and slashed its return-on-equity demand. -
As the halfway point for Charlotte City Council’s 150-day data center moratorium approaches, here’s what city staff have done since June and what they plan to do. -
Thursday evening, state regulators hosted a public hearing for Amazon’s large data center project in Richmond County. -
Amazon has started construction on a massive data center in Richmond County, across the street from Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant. -
A huge new Amazon data center development and the diesel-burning generators to power it are the subject of a hearing Thursday afternoon in Rockingham.
