environment

National

Autopsy reveals anti-'Cop City' activist's hands were raised when shot and killed

3:58pm March 11, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The 26-year-old protester, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, was killed in January in an Atlanta-area forest as police cleared an encampment of activists who oppose the construction of Atlanta's "Cop City."

First graders from The Friends School of Atlanta share their hopes for the world.

We asked for wishes, you answered: Send leaders into space, free electricity, dignity

5:00am February 05, 2023

Send leaders into space for perspective, tap solar power to offer electricity for all, make "dignity" a priority — those are some of the wishes readers have for 2023.

Solar energy farm in Moore County, North Carolina

Business

Duke Energy proposes two new programs to help customers use renewable energy

10:53am January 31, 2023

by David Boraks, WFAE

Duke Energy has asked North Carolina regulators to approve the expansion of a program that lets large customers contract for renewable energy.

Cypress trees, some dead and some living, stand in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Fargo, Ga. Proulx writes about the swamps of Okefenokee in her book.

In 'Fen, Bog & Swamp,' Annie Proulx pens a history of wetland destruction

8:40am October 11, 2022

by Julie Depenbrock

Writer Annie Proulx may be best known for her works of fiction. But her latest book is a thoroughly researched and reported look at the role that wetlands play in our ecosystem.

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