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Floating solar is not perfect but has serious potential in the CO River basin, according to several studies. Read my latest to hear how western water managers view the tech—and check out my first batch of film for Inside Climate News!

It felt like a cool May, but only because we're frogs in a pot of water that is gradually boiling. Climate Central

Pacers had 20 turnovers in 1st half and somehow won.

A new piece from me on The Assembly: After a two-year fight over LGBTQ books and displays, Yancey County is pulling its public library out of a regional system. Residents wonder what will be left. theassemblync.com/politics/yance…

450 folks showed up for the People’s Hearing about environmental and climate justice in Greensboro. Testimony, music, poetry NC Environmental Justice Network North Carolina Conservation Network Sound Rivers Haw River Assembly

Do not recommend unknowingly disturbing a nest of ground hornets. 3 stings and whoa, they are painful.

WELL deserved for Dan Kane and The News & Observer #ncpol

"A Durham woman being held hostage in her home was repeatedly beaten and raped — but police left without speaking to her when she first called 911, according to a newly released search warrant." A really disturbing story from Lexi Solomon newsobserver.com/news/local/cri…

“Please turn out the lights”

Chimney Rock Park reopens in 10 days! Info in thread below about opening weekend: chimneyrockpark.com

I can't thank our attorney Mike Tadych enough for fighting for the release of these public records, and the coalition of other news outlets that joined in the fight.

Good news from USFS North Carolina: The Roan Mountain Rec Area in Pisgah National Forest will reopen on Friday, June 20, following severe damage last year from Hurricane Helene—just in time for the annual rhododendron festivals in Bakersville, NC, and Roan Mountain, TN, June 20-22.

I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is closed due to a rock slide resulting from locally heavy rain near the TN line.

🚨 I-40 West Closed 🚨 📍 Exit 20 heading to Tennessee 🚫 Avoid the area 📲 More: Visit DriveNC.gov 📸 Pic taken at 7:30pm tonight

Kelly Vandenbeldt made it through I-40 near the TN line as it was starting to flood, and the debris flow was beginning. #tnwx #ncwx #wncwx

Today, against the backdrop of potential public land selloffs and Trump’s “energy emergency,” the USGS released its first map of potential oil and gas reserves under public land in almost 30 years. I covered what it could mean for the West. insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/…

New: 22 States Attorney General, including Jeff Jackson of North Carolina, have filed a brief supporting PBS and NPR and pushing back against efforts to defund public broadcasting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… #ncpol Spectrum News 1 RDU

I took some staycation time in case the nukes drop. Can't let those days go to waste.

#caturday

NEW: Who took the furniture from the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s mansion? That’s what Rachel Hunt, Dan Forest and various state officials have been trying to figure out since Hunt entered the historic landmark to find empty rooms and bare walls.