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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Pollinating insects have experienced steep declines because of factors such as pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. -
Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other leaders have voiced concerns about PJM, the mid-Atlantic region’s “air traffic control” for electricity, as power prices reached a record high this week. -
Youngkin is one of two sitting governors on the Trump administration’s FEMA Review Council, tasked with reevaluating the federal government’s role in disaster recovery. -
City officials hope the new Stormwater Extension Program will guide residents to the best mitigation strategies for their property. -
New research out of William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science explores the relationship between the worm and its host. -
The first piece of the wall, which includes the shoreline by Harbor Park, will range in height from about 6 1/2 feet to about 16 1/2 feet. -
The hospital system estimates the change could reduce about 78,000 pounds of plastic waste each year. -
About 85% of beaches in coastal Virginia tested positive for harmful bacteria at least once last summer. -
The ecosystem spanning more than 3,200 square miles remains a largely natural landscape, but population growth could make that hard to maintain, according to a new report. -
Nearly 350 people in southeastern Virginia visited urgent care or emergency rooms with heat-related illness in late June.
