Duke’s climate and sustainability VP talks about a new report on the university’s climate efforts, navigating changes in federal policy, and aiming for net-zero emissions.
Raleigh’s winters are warming, with snowfall down 36% in 30 years. Despite recent storms, fewer cold nights and more mixed precipitation signal a shift toward shorter, milder winters.
With stronger hurricanes and longer wildfire seasons, Americans saw the impact of the climate crisis firsthand last year
The NOAA grant is in response to rising concerns over extreme heat events and their widespread impacts in rural, coastal areas, including in NC.
In general, Charlotte and North Carolina are not typically thought of as fire-prone regions. However, the Southeast experiences more wildfires than any other region in the country.
If you're like most people -- even if you're the type that's interested in how much the climate is changing, how serious it is, how much of it is anthropogenic, and whether the seriousness is being exaggerated for political ends -- you're probably not going to sit down and read a 39-page study titled "Conflicts of Interest,
President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14162, titled "Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements," initiating the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement for the
Duke is on a mission to do all of this — and more.
The 2009 finding under the Clean Air Act is the legal underpinning of a host of climate regulations for vehicles and power plants.
Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.