Tangier Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge disputed the reason for the island's land loss on CNN's climate change ... which threatens Tangier. "Sea-level rise is not up for debate. It is a fact, plain ...

Boys who live on Tangier Island, a sliver of land in Virginia that is disappearing because of sea-level rise fueled by climate change. Christian Storm/Business Insider 2018-05-29T13:15:00Z ...

Tangier's pro-Donald Trump mayor disputed with Al Gore the cause of the island's land loss on a CNN town ... which threatens Tangier. "Sea level rise is not up for debate. It is a fact, plain and ...

The federal budget includes a $25 million proposal from Virginia's senators to help Tangier Island in its losing battle against sea-level rise and erosion.

Organizations seek solutions for Tangier Island, one of the country’s communities most at risk from sea level rise. Here's what's in works now.

Virginia’s Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay is considered the soft shell crab capital of the world. It’s also only about 4 feet above sea level. And with Hurricane Florence making its way ...

Tangier residents are happy with the attention but believe their problem is simpler. A sea wall built on one side of the island in the late 1980s has prevented the land behind it from eroding ...

In early June, I joined a small CNN crew on the little ferry — which leaves only during calm weather — to Tangier Island, Virginia. Located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, less than 100 ...

Build that sea wall: President Trump calls mayor of Tangier Island Eskridge didn’t believe his son at first but eventually decided to head in. Sure enough, about 2 p.m., the President called his ...

The island in the Chesapeake Bay is washing out to sea, and its residents may be among the first American refugees of climate change. But that’s not how they see the loss of their land.

SALISBURY, Md. — President Trump phoned Tangier Island Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge Monday after viewing a CNN report about the Virginia island's struggle with rising sea levels. "He said not to ...