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Climate change is making powerful hurricanes more common. That may require adding a new official designation for the more intense storms, a new study suggests.
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California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.
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Three North Carolina counties have some bird populations that are strongly declining, consistent with a 2019 study that found “major” population loss among North America’s birds.
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The Biden administration announced Friday it's temporarily freezing any new natural gas export facilities while the Department of Energy reviews the implications on climate change.
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As David Boraks winds up his assignment as WFAE's climate reporter this month, he's thinking about what we're doing right. "Don't get me wrong, I'm still deeply concerned, and the outlook is hardly rosy. But the winds of change are strengthening."
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Global warming is impacting grape crops that are used to produce champagne. Some regions outside of Champagne, France, are hoping to carry the torch.
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It's been a big year for climate change news. 2023 will go down as the hottest year on record, clean energy development continued to grow, and the transition brought hundreds more clean-energy jobs to the Carolinas. This week, we take a look at some of the year's top stories on the climate beat.
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The United Nations climate talks in Dubai closed this week with an agreement that is either a sign of hope or more of the same, depending on your perspective.
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It's been five years since the Charlotte City Council set a goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuels in city vehicles and buildings by the end of this decade. The city is inching toward that, by adding electric vehicles and rooftop solar panels, improving energy efficiency and planning two solar farms. But officials acknowledge they won't make it, and local climate activists are pushing back.
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North Carolina's revival as a major source of lithium will take another step forward early next year. Albemarle Corp. expects to obtain permits and begin draining water in the next few months from the 168-foot deep lake at the former mine off I-85 in Kings Mountain.