Charlotte Weiner

Charlotte Weiner is an Ethics, Politics and Economics major at Yale. She's also executive editor of Yale's weekly newspaper, The Yale Herald. She has reported from California's Central Valley, on the banks of Lake Mead in southern Nevada, and along the Colorado River in Colorado, Utah and Arizona.

A man looks out on the Marina in Lake Mead, Nevada. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)

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One family’s struggle with a drying Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir

LAKE MEAD, Nevada – Twenty five million Americans rely on a water source that is slowly drying up. Lake...

View from Frederick's Church, a renown landmark in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Stig Nygaard/Flickr User)

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Why Scandinavian countries are known for sustainability

We couldn’t find a recycling bin. The kitchen I shared with flatmates during my four months living in...

A 33,000 square foot solar field generates electricity on Ærø, an island off of Denmark's southern coast that is nearly carbon neutral. The solar field is one of the largest of its kind in the world. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)

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An island powered by one of the world’s largest solar fields

ÆRØ, Denmark – On a small island off of the country’s southern coast, sheep take shelter under a...

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How the Norwegian government started an electric car boom

OSLO, Norway – In this capital city, Teslas line the streets. They glide in a silent, steady stream...

A woman cycles into central Copenhagen. This year, the city ranked first in an index of the world's most bike-friendly cities. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)

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In Copenhagen, cycling to work is ‘just the obvious thing to do’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – If it were up to Niels Hoé, his job would eventually become obsolete. In a...

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Colorado River residents wrestle with water rights

GUNNISON, Colorado — For rancher Kathleen Curry, the time for hollow reassurances is over. From her chair at the linoleum-topped...

A nearly 100-foot high white-bleached “bathtub ring” marks where the water once rose at Lake Powell. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)

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A town’s fight to reclaim the Colorado River

PAGE, Arizona — Edward Bennett only had to fill up his 400-gallon water tank once today. It’s just after 8...

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