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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.
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When patients inhale desflurane before surgery, only about 5% stays in the body. The rest can linger in the atmosphere for years.
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The $100 million gift will allow the university to expand the newly named Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences.
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The two projects were among a couple dozen the EPA chose from nearly 300 applications nationwide for the highly anticipated Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.
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TC Energy is replacing and widening about 49 miles of pipeline that ends in Suffolk and Chesapeake. Local environmental groups have fought the project.
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The Norfolk District last year submitted a federal request to change its cost-benefit analysis and possibly include the historically Black communities of Berkley and Campostella.
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Virginia Wesleyan is using a state grant to identify and mitigate hotspots in Portsmouth, focusing on disparities tied to what’s known as the urban heat island effect.
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Local governments say they’re seeing growing interest in EVs, but more infrastructure is needed to support them.
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Gov. Youngkin has advocated for investing in the nascent SMR industry as part of his “all of the above” energy strategy.
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Council members voted to create a nonbinding voter referendum asking residents whether they support a new monthly fee to reinstate curbside recycling service.
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The site is located 25 miles south of Dominion Energy’s wind farm already under construction in Virginia. Company leaders say it will help them meet rising electricity demand.