Climate Change

Limiting warming to 0.9 degrees from now means the world can keep "a semblance" of the ecosystems we have.

By the end of this century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects the ocean will rise more than 6 feet , enough to wash over wide sections of Topsail and other coastal islands with each high tide.

The warmer temperatures are also negatively impacting wildlife.

Trump administration effort to undo President Obama's legacy programs to fight climate change by cutting emissions from oil, gas and coal.

Government officials had argued unsuccessfully that climate change could be addressed at individual mines rather than across the region.

Over 200 people attended the hearing on the proposed regulations from President Barack Obama's administration.

The proposed facility would be capable of processing 30 tons of coal an hour.

Wyoming produces about 40 percent of the country's coal.

Travis Deti, of the Wyoming Mining Association, says the numbers are encouraging.

Wyoming officials say they are expanding efforts to find new ways to use coal that doesn't contribute to climate change.