
Kala Hunter
Climate Change Reporter at Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Climate Change Reporter @ledgerenquirer tips: [email protected] @Medillschool, '23
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4 days ago |
ledger-enquirer.com | Kala Hunter
The ominous haze that made its way to Columbus last weekend isn't going away yet, and dust from the Sahara Desert is about to add to it. The tinted orange lighting and hazy conditions are a trace of the 212 wildfires currently burning in Canada.
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1 week ago |
macon.com | Kala Hunter
Daniel Blackman’s third run for the Georgia Public Service Commission may be over quickly after he was declared ineligible to run Thursday, a removal that one of his opponents responded to by saying “democracy is diminished.”Blackman released a lengthy statement Thursday saying he’d challenge the removal from the race, after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Blackman was ineligible to run.
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1 week ago |
ledger-enquirer.com | Kala Hunter
Daniel Blackman, speaking to reporters in January at the Capitol building in Atlanta about the Public Service Commission and Georgia Power's lack of investment in 100% clean energy. Columbus native, environmental justice and clean energy advocate Daniel Blackman could be ineligible to run in this year's Public Service Commission election, a judge has ruled.
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2 weeks ago |
ledger-enquirer.com | Kala Hunter
Last year was one the most destructive and costliest hurricane seasons in the U.S., with 230 deaths and over $500 billion in damage and economic loss. Georgia was not spared - 37 deaths were in Georgia and $6.46 billion in damage occurred in the Peach State. These mainly came from two storms: Tropical Storm Debby and Hurricane Helene. This year is supposed to be just as active as last year in the Atlantic basin, according to the director of the National Weather Service, Ken Graham.
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2 weeks ago |
ledger-enquirer.com | Kala Hunter
Since the 1960s, a special swath of land in Talbot County, 25 minutes east of Columbus, has been in the hands of timber companies managed for profit, in an area known as the Upatoi Ravines. But away from scars of timber production, tucked in the ravines and creeks, is a rare and endangered plant that has protected parts of the land from any industrial threat.
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