Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the ...

“We’re sort of sawing the branch on which we are sitting."
- UN Environment Director Inger Andersen

The COP climate summit in Brazil is a good time to take stock of progress since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. The answer: not far enough. @apnews.com has this.

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Davidson College Cemetery is full of stories; join us for a tour Nov. 16 Davidson Historical Society presents its final program of the fall, a tour of the Davidson College Cemetery on North Main Street, on Sunday, November 16, at 3pm.Society vice president Rachel Workman, ...

Davidson Historical Society hosts a tour of the Davidson College Cemetery on Nov. 16. Details and registration here: www.davidsonhistoricalsociety.org/post/davidso...

Spotted on the Thursday #morningwalk: "With These Hands" by Hank Willis Thomas at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social

Environmentalists and clean energy advocates decry Duke’s proposed Carbon Plan Duke plans to increase carbon pollution during the next decade before emissions sharply decline near the end of the 2030s.

Duke Energy has put out a new long-range plan and it calls for increases in climate pollution through the 2030s, writes WFAE's @wfae.bsky.social Zachary Turner. Clean energy advocates say it doesn't include enough solar or wind. www.wfae.org/energy-envir...

CAFO Country: A conversation with journalist David Boraks All this week, WHQR has been airing episodes of our series, “CAFO Country,” taking a look at concentrated animal feeding operations. WHQR’s Ben Schachtman sat down with environmental journalist David ...

In the final segment of our series "CAFO Country" on WHQR @whqr.bsky.social in Wilmington, NC, I talked with news director Benjamin N. Schachtman about key takeaways from my reporting about concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Listen at www.whqr.org/local/2025-0...

CAFO Country: Down on the farm, a different view of CAFOs' impacts The growth of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, has changed the landscape of eastern North Carolina in recent decades. Big companies now depend on North Carolina farmers to supply the ...

How do farmers view the growth of North Carolina's hog and poultry industry, and the criticism they face? In the final segment of my WHQR @whqr.bsky.social series "CAFO Country," I visit Marlowe Ivey in Goldsboro, who has taken over and expanded her dad's farm. www.whqr.org/local/2025-0...

CAFO Country: A visit to the biggest U.S. hog-producing county This week, WHQR is exploring the growth and impact of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in our series "CAFO Country." As we reported, eastern North Carolina is a national leader for ho...

Part 3 of my series "CAFO Country" on @whqr.bsky.social WHQR in Wilmington, NC, takes us to Sampson County, where we meet Rayford Bennett. He talks about what it's like to live next door to a big hog and poultry farm. Listen/read here: www.whqr.org/local/2025-0...

CAFO Country: As hog and poultry operations spread, so do concerns In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these conc...

Part 2 of my series "CAFO Country" is out from @whqr.bsky.social WHQR Public Media in Wilmington. www.whqr.org/local/2025-0...

CAFO Country: Touring NC's hog and poultry operations from the air North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated ...

I have a new series out on WHQR @whqr.bsky.social in Wilmington about industrial animal farming in NC. It's become big business across the state. Today: the view from above, with help from @capefearriverwatch.bsky.social and @southwings.bsky.social Join us for the ride! www.whqr.org/local/2025-0...

California Supreme Court hands victory to rooftop solar panel owners Justices reversed a decision upholding cuts to solar panel owners by 75 percent. A lower court must now revisit the net metering decision.

California's Supreme Court asked the state appeals court to review a ruling favoring power companies in a dispute over cuts in what rooftop solar owners get paid for electricity sent send to the grid. NC cut payments, too, and the state appeals court upheld it. calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Donate to Help our neighbor T Berry, organized by David Boraks Our neighbor Thomas "T" Berry is in need, after a tree fell on his house on Potts Street in Dav… David Boraks needs your support for Help our neighbor T Berry

Friends: Our neighbor T Berry is in need. A tree recently fell on his house and he's also been ill. He's that guy you've seen around town selling walking sticks, to supplement his tiny income. Can you help? gofund.me/199cd949

Henry David Thoreau’s "Walden" was written in 1854 but has lessons for life in the 21st century. On this week's WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I talk with Charlotte writer Jen McGivney about her new book "Finding Your Walden." wdav.org/episode/jen-...

Michael Graff portrait with the words "Now on Piedmont Arts"

For the #WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I had the good fortune to sit down with Charlotte writer and editor Michael Graff for a conversation about his new venture, The Charlotte Optimist. It's a weekly newsletter of magazine-length stories about Charlotte's people and issues. bit.ly/PiedmontArts

A crowd in downtown Davidson this afternoon is waving signs, chanting and demonstrating as part of the nationwide "No Kings" protests. They're demonstrating against President Trump, who has claimed broad executive power in setting policy, closing programs and firing government employees. #nokings

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly ...

Here's an The Associated Press fact check: The Trump Administration wants to bring back coal-fired power plants. So the EPA now says carbon emissions from fossil fueled power plants don't contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution. Scientists disagree. apnews.com/article/clim...

Alvin Jacobs with black, white and gray plaid shirt, sunglasses and black cap in front of Harley Davidson motorcycles sign

For the latest Piedmont Arts podcast from WDAV, I interviewed Alvin Jacobs about his photo exhibit "Black Behind Bars," at Charlotte's Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. He talked being a photographer/activist and the triple meaning of the exhibit title. wdav.org/episode/alvi...

Carbon dioxide levels usually peak in May, but 2025's reading was like no other A new record high for CO2 levels was set at Mauna Loa Observatory in May.

Lots going on with politics in Washington, and that can be distracting. Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to set records. "Another year, another record" is not encouraging. (Via USAToday ) www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

This week's WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast is a double feature: Jeffrey Biegel on his upcoming concert with Western Piedmont Symphony marking the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” And Rachel Stewart previews Charlotte Bach Festival w/Aisslinn Nosky. wdav.org/episode/jeff...

Life in morning radio, with WFAE's Marshall Terry The Charlotte Ledger Podcast · Episode

Who is WFAE morning host Marshall Terry ? Tony Mecia turns the tables and interviews him in this fun episode of The Charlotte Ledger podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/7u94...

A new NC group called Piedmont Shakespeare debuts in June with a touring production of “Hamlet” - 9 free performances indoors and out. On this WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I talk with the company’s three founders - David McGraw, Kim Shively and Carl Forsman. wdav.org/episode/meet...

Curator Jen Sudul Edwards gestures while standing in front of a wall of photos by Annie Leibovitz

"Annie Leibovitz/Work" is open at the Mint Museum Uptown #CLT. On this week's Piedmont Arts podcast from WDAV, I talk with Mint chief curator Jen Sudul-Edwards about Leibovitz’s style and career. wdav.org/episode/jen-...

Curator Jen Sudul Edwards gestures in front of a wall of unframed photo prints of celebrities

Jennifer Sudul Edwards, chief curator at Charlotte's Mint Museum, talked about photographer Annie Leibovitz at a press preview Fri. for "Annie Liebovitz/Work." Opens Sun. Go for the celeb pix, but also study the evolution of Leibovitz's career. And look for my upcoming WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast.

A potentially game-changing climate story has been hiding in plain sight — until now.

Today marks the launch of #The89Percent Project, a yearlong global journalistic effort to highlight the vast majority of people who care about climate change and want their governments to do something about it.

A large crowd waving anti-Trump signs and American flags is lining the NC73/US21 intersection in Huntersville, NC. It's a national "Day of Action" by people opposed to Trump administration policies. I heard people chanting, "This is what democracy looks like!" 700+ events were planned nationwide.

YouTube video by Catawba-Wateree Water Management Group The History of Our Formation

More than 2M people rely on the #CatawbaRiver for drinking water, energy and recreation. These competing interests are mediated by the Catawba-Wateree Water Management Group. I hosted a new documentary about the group's origins. Out this week on YouTube. youtu.be/whhrKo3IxrA?...

A 3-image collage with one photo of African masks and other art and headshot photos of two women curators Jen Sudul Edwards and Lisa Homann

On this week's WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I talk with curators Jen Sudul Edwards of the The Mint Museum and Lisa Homann of UNC Charlotte about the recent major update of the Mint Museum Randolph's African art galleries. Listen: www.wdav.org/programs/pie...

Happening now (Sat. midday) in downtown #CorneliusNC: hundreds of north Mecklenbu residents are gathered for a peaceful "Hands Off" rally and march to protest the budget cuts, layoffs and other policies of President Trump and advisor Elon Musk. It's one of dozens nationwide. handsoff2025.com

For the latest WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I sat down with Adam Santalla Pierce, new president of the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte to chat about the state of the arts in Charlotte and his vision for the organization. www.wdav.org/programs/pie...

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches overnight speech to protest Trump's agenda New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into a new day.

While you were sleeping: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has been speaking all night on the Senate floor against Trump's actions. “These are not normal times in our nation,” Booker said at the start of his speech. (via Associated Press ) apnews.com/article/cory...

J.S. Bach was born in March 1685. Three #CLT area groups are planning the first-ever Davidson Bach Festival. On this week's WDAV Piedmont Arts podcast, I talk with organizers Barbara Krumdieck and Jane Cain, who are also musicians and Bach lovers. Listen here www.wdav.org/programs/pie...