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As NOAA Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point

Officials warn that if regional Integrated Ocean Observing System readings go dark, coastal forecasts will become less precise, endangering commercial fishermen, cargo ships and coastal communities.

By Ryan Krugman

A NOAA ship retrieves a buoy from the Gulf of Maine. Credit: NOAA
A pipe marked "geothermal" leans on other pipes in a residential neighborhood

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion

By Phil McKenna

A nor’easter causes large waves to hit a bluff filled with sand to prevent erosion in Nantucket, Mass., on Feb. 13, 2024. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

By Ryan Krugman

Transmission lines stand above the entrance to the Loring Commerce Centre at the site of the former Loring Air Force Base. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation

By Ryan Krugman

Piles of compost and mulch sit at the Hawk Ridge compost facility in Unity Township, Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.

By Sydney Cromwell

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks during a press conference at the State House on Nov. 10 in Boston. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

One Key State Remains in Limbo on Climate and Clean Energy Policies As Several Others Retreat

By Dan Gearino

The effect of drought is seen on the east branch of the Pemigewasset River on Sept. 29 in Lincoln, N.H. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts

By Ryan Krugman

A great blue heron stands at the edge of a restored stream channel in the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, which was once a cranberry bog. Credit: Cyndi Jackson/The Living Observatory

Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise

By Nicole Williams

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

A view of an operational Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. Credit: Eversource NH/CC BY-ND 2.0

New England Says Goodbye to Coal as Merrimack Station Powers Down

By Ryan Krugman

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

Photo of the Counting House during the 2024 Nor'easter. Credit: Paul Wright

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables

By Ryan Krugman

The Ellington Street Community Food Forest Garden fills a formerly empty lot in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Credit: Dre Tejada

Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy

By Ryan Krugman

Eshaan Vakil (left), an organizer with Climate Defiance, and Barbara Sheehan, with Sunrise Movement, are two of the activists who disrupted a panel discussion with Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub at a Harvard climate symposium on Friday. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium

By Phil McKenna

Billy Longfellow of the Sipayik Environmental Department explains how the Samaqannihkuk well station works. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Climate Change Worsens Half-Century of Drinking Water Problems for Maine Native Reservation

By Sydney Cromwell

A wall made of boulders protects portions of Sipayik’s eastern coast from tidal erosion in Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change

By Sydney Cromwell

The community clam garden at Sipayik started with 250,000 clam seedlings in 2022 and now has 1.25 million clams growing in its plots. Credit: Courtesy of Erik Francis

Can Clams Make a Comeback on a Tribal Reservation in Maine?

By Sydney Cromwell

A wind turbine at Orsted’s Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Trump Administration Issues Stop Work Order for Offshore Wind Project, Citing National Security Concerns

By Aidan Hughes

Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

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