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Norfolk faith leaders call for climate action to protect places of worship from flooding
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Norfolk faith leaders call for climate action to protect places of worship from flooding

Reverend Mark Byrd, a Norfolk pastor, said an estimated 229 churches, mosques and synagogues in Hampton Roads will be impacted by sea level rise and extreme weather caused by climate change in the coming decades.
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Virginia increasing targets for electric vehicle sales, following air pollution control board’s vote

Virginians in the market for electric cars received promising news last week, as the state Air Pollution Control Board approved new regulations that will make it easier to buy electric vehicles in the state in coming years.

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Norfolk sea level rise reduces stormwater capacity
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In Norfolk, sea level rise reduces some stormwater system capacity by 50%, data shows

The solutions — pump stations, backflow preventers or expanding pipes — could carry a hefty price tag.
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Help could be coming for sea level rise and military child care, thanks in part to Hampton Roads

Buried in a 4,500-page, $731.6 billion defense spending bill are a series of policy directives that have their roots in Hampton Roads.
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‘Flood City': Norfolk’s issues with sea level rise at center of new national podcast

Norfolk's no stranger to the limelight when it comes to sea level rise and climate change. Home to the world's largest naval base, our slice of Tidewater has been featured in countless government and nonprofit reports and in the dateline of national news stories on the issue.

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Virginia Beach approves sea level rise plan, will require developers to take more flooding into account

The Virginia Beach City Council has taken steps to prepare for higher tides in the coming decades, passing a sea level rise plan that provides a sweeping vision for how to safeguard this coastal community and voting to require developers to account for more flooding.

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As Virginia Beach prepares for sea level rise, officials avoid climate change and punt on carbon emissions

In all of their recent preparations for sea level rise, city staff have steered clear of what most experts say is causing the tides to creep higher and higher. By design, they rarely, if ever, utter the words “climate change" - and they specifically avoid attributing any such change directly to humans.

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Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas NV set against a blue sky.

Don Jr. and Eric Trump are investors in a crypto company that calls climate change a threat

Aerial photo of coal-fired power plant

A judge dismissed the James M. Gavin power plant’s lawsuit challenging EPA rules on toxic waste disposal

Illustration depicting pumpjacks vs solar panels & wind turbines

Coal is rising along with solar in the U.S. power system, while gas loses a step

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

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A firefighting plane releasing fire retardant on a hillside next to a riverbed.

Slow burn: The vital need for benign flame retardants

Intensely red sunset over ocean

Humans are altering the seas. Here’s what the future ocean might look like