The impacts of climate change and environmental concerns are shared across our region, but when it comes to addressing those issues, the New England states can have strikingly different policies. We tell stories on these topics every day and work together on special series.
In the summer of 2023, we looked at the impacts of extreme weather in our series Beyond Normal. And each year around Earth Day, we present a series of regional climate change stories with a different theme. For our 2024 series, we looked at how climate change is impacting our homes.
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Residents are encouraged to stay aware of the dry conditions and keep an eye out for conservation requests from towns and utilities. -
Hundreds of local giant pumpkin growers race toward personal bests and heaviest weights. And this is their season. Their Super Bowl is the Topsfield Fair, when the best bring their giant pumpkins to compete for the title and the prize money. -
Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with the UMaine Cooperative Extension, says the fact that maple trees are dropping their leaves a week early indicates they are stressed, and stress is bad for sugar production. -
Vermont is joining a coalition of states in suing the Trump administration for taking back funding for the Solar For All Program, which would have helped low-income households and communities get access to renewable energy. -
Underwater meadows of eelgrass in Long Island Sound have been in decline for decades. Now, conservationists are turning to clams — and glue — to restore this critical ecosystem. -
The government shutdown didn't hamper turnout at Acadia National Park this weekend, as eager crowds took in the fall foliage. -
New Hampshire’s changing fall leaves have drawn thousands of visitors this year to the Flume Gorge, Echo Lake and Artist's Bluff Trail. The state made the route to the bluff one-way this year to manage the crowds. -
The Department of Energy said the $7.6 billion in canceled grants do not meet the Trump administration’s goals. -
Vermont is in a drought, and the Upper Valley area is seeing some of the worst of it. Farmers there are wondering: Will they have enough water to last them through the winter? -
The union and a group of homeowners, solar energy companies and nonprofits claim the agency illegally clawed-back funding
