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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission has approved water and sewer rate increases

2:37pm May 19, 2023

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission recently approved water and sewer rate hikes beginning in July. The move comes following an independent rate study

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A new report says the climate may breach 1.5 degrees of warming in 5 years

4:41pm May 17, 2023

Executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, Colin Young, talks about a new report warning that the climate may breach 1.5 degrees of warming in 5 years.

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Efforts to recharge California's underground aquifers show mixed results

4:41pm May 17, 2023

by Nathan Rott

With a historic snowpack starting to melt, increasing flood concerns in central California, there's an effort under way to capture as much of the water as possible in underground aquifers.

The EU plans to tax certain imports based on the amount of carbon dioxide companies emit making them.

How a European law might get companies around the world to cut climate pollution

5:04am May 17, 2023

by Michael Copley

The European Union will tax certain imports based on the amount of carbon dioxide companies emit making them. Experts say the move could lead other major economies to do the same.

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Some Iowans are skeptical of pipelines that companies say will fight climate change

7:25pm May 16, 2023

by Katie Peikes

Three companies say the carbon pipelines they want to build in the Midwest would remove carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and help fight climate change. Some farmers and residents are not so sure.

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A blue morpho butterfly sits on a leaf. A new study finds that butterflies likely originated somewhere in western North America or Central America around 100 million years ago.

Butterflies originated in North America after splitting from moths, new study suggests

9:03am May 16, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Butterflies likely split from nocturnal moths around 100 million years ago in present-day western North America or Central America, a new study of the winged insects finds.

President Biden at the United Nations' annual climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2021. The U.S. and other countries pledged that year to stop funding overseas fossil-fuel projects that freely emit greenhouse gas pollution.

Biden pledged to stop funding fossil fuels overseas. It's not stopping one agency

5:15pm May 12, 2023

by Michael Copley

Leaders of the Export-Import Bank of the United States voted Thursday to help fund the expansion of an oil refinery in Indonesia.

The Jim Bridger coal plant in Point of Rocks, Wyo., powers more than a million homes across six Western states. Under proposed federal rules many coal plants would have to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in coming years.

An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants

12:34pm May 11, 2023

by Jeff Brady

Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.

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Morning news brief

5:57am May 11, 2023

Pandemic border rules known as Title 42 will end Thursday night. Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges. EPA proposes rules on pollution from gas and coal-fired power plants.

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Conservation deal protects 1,125 acres in the Brushy Mountains

10:56am May 10, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

A unique collaboration between two conservation organizations has led to the permanent protection of over 1,100 acres in North Carolina’s Brushy Mountains.