Katherine Hafner
ReporterKatherine is WHRO’s climate and environment reporter. She came to WHRO from the Virginian-Pilot in 2022. Katherine is a California native who now lives in Norfolk and welcomes book recommendations, fun science facts and of course interesting environmental news.
Reach Katherine at katherine.hafner@whro.org.
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The structures are among nearly three dozen that have fallen in recent years because of significant beach erosion. -
Del. Rob Bloxom is pursuing state legislation to ban similar proposals in areas that rely on groundwater. -
The regional planning commission expects to monitor water levels at 45 sites in more than a dozen cities and counties. -
The grant will largely help cover non-structural project elements, such as elevating homes.
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A six-year pilot program in Chesapeake aims to establish a model for cutting climate pollution in the industrial sector. -
Proposed legislation would initiate a study of different de-icing strategies. -
Scientists and officials use the data to monitor the long-term health of birds across the U.S. -
Dominion’s victory is the third this week for offshore wind developers along the East Coast, who each challenged the Trump administration’s recent stop-work order. -
The new platform does not change how mitigation banks are permitted or operated in Virginia, but could make it easier to move through the process. -
Dominion is suing the Interior Department for the December order, which the utility calls “arbitrary and capricious.”
