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 Hampton Roads Planning District Commission board approved “resilient design standards” advising local governments to factor in increases in rainfall and sea level. -
The project, called an “environmental justice incubator,” is working with historically Black communities on Norfolk’s Southside. -
Previous attempts to regulate data centers at the General Assembly have failed. But lawmakers are now armed with a recent report that laid out growing challenges. -
The project has been on the books for more than a decade, but the city’s new sense of urgency to move forward stems from a legal dilemma over wetlands mitigation credits. -
The team at Historic Jamestown recently ruled out Sir George Yeardley as the identity of remains found within the oldest known section of the fort’s churches. -
Marjorie Mayfield Jackson is retiring from the Norfolk nonprofit, which grew from her kitchen table in the 1990s to a major force in local conservation. -
Trees collected through Jan. 9 will be used to restore local sand dunes. -
The 21,000-square-foot building is elevated and surrounded by a massive rain garden. -
Virginia Beach plans to convert about eight acres back into tidal wetlands to earn mitigation credits. The city says without those, they can’t move forward with other projects like those under the Flood Protection Program. -
A startup announced it plans to build a commercial fusion plant outside Richmond. The industry has huge potential for clean energy but has also faced significant challenges.
