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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Local officials were awarded a $20 million federal grant for the project in Aberdeen Gardens and hope it will continue despite President Trump’s planned climate funding freeze. -
Billions in federal funds jumpstarted a wide range of work in Virginia in recent years, including Norfolk’s floodwall, interstate projects and helping low-income households cut energy bills. -
Proposals approved so far touch on topics including “virtual power plants,” data centers and environmental justice. -
The utility said the increase of nearly $1 billion is tied to higher costs of required upgrades to the electric grid and onshore electrical infrastructure. -
Apex Clean Energy, which operates Timbermill Wind near Edenton, N.C., says it plans to seek government approval for a system that would decrease light pollution. -
Virginia is known as a “buyer beware” state, meaning prospective buyers are tasked with doing their own due diligence on many aspects, including flood risk. -
The local effort is part of a massive nationwide grant program to cut climate pollution set in motion by the Biden administration. -
The Nature Conservancy aims to purchase more than 500 acres and restore natural flow to the James River by removing a historic dam. -
One of President Trump’s first executive orders halted all new federal leases and permits for offshore wind projects. -
In November, a judge said it was unlawful for Gov. Glenn Youngkin to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. But there’s not a clear path for rejoining.
