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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to dozens of species — and to an ongoing political fight over oil and gas. Now, the Biden administration is hoping ending oil and gas leases will be a win.

The Vermont Senate voted 20 to 10 on Tuesday in favor of overriding Gov. Phil Scott's veto of the Affordable Heat Act, a major climate bill.

Coastal cities often bear the brunt of hurricanes. But as Hurricane Helene showed, extreme rainfall can be life-threatening hundreds of miles away.

The Trump administration is laying off hundreds of scientists and weather forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In Woods Hole, where five major scientific institutions are based, and climate, weather and environment research is the culture and economy, the impacts are far reaching.

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems. The answer is: a lot.

Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the U.S., as climate change increases the risk and intensity of wildfires.

As the Gulf of Maine warms due to climate change, invasive sea squirts have become a major issue for the aquaculture industry, weighing down equipment and colonizing underwater surfaces.

Produce, consume, discard; we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used, sometimes only once, before turning into…

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to end a nearly two-decade long limit on logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Local officials have pushed for looser restrictions to boost the economy.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes the largest ever federal investment in carbon capture. Coal states hope it could prolong fossil-fuel use, which is why many environmental groups oppose it.