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Gov. Phil Scott toured parts of southern Vermont that were hit hard by flash flooding late last week. During the Monday visit, the governor and other state and local leaders couldn’t help but compare the mess to Irene, the deadly tropical storm that devastated Vermont in late August of 2011 — nearly 10 years ago. While this latest weather emergency…

Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont toured the damage to infrastructure brought on by severe weather earlier this month.

President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in Western states

Marco Alverà made his remarks during an interview with “Squawk Box Europe”.

The O2 turbine weighs 680 metric tons and has a length of 74 meters.

The Netherlands’ unique approach to water management can provide some key flood preparedness lessons for countries around the world, experts have told CNBC.

Dozens of domestic wells have gone dry in an area near the Oregon-California border where the American West’s worsening drought has taken a particularly dramatic toll

The U.K. government wants to create a net zero transport sector by the year 2050.

Hydrogen has a broad range of applications and can be produced in a number of ways.

Coastal erosion and sea level rise are collapsing cliffs on the California coast and threatening multimillion dollar homes and critical infrastructure. And that is creating a chain of events that reaches far inland — affecting housing markets in places like Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain explains how coastal erosion affects all of us — and why it’s a...

An air quality alert was issued for the second consecutive day as smoke from western wildfires billows into the East Coast, creating potentially dangerous conditions for some people. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the air quality advisory for much of the state Monday into Tuesday. The advisory was active everywhere in the state except Plymouth and Bristol counties…

In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years

The Boston area’s subway system faces a severe threat from rising seas over the next 50 years that could cause flooding and cut critical links around the city, according to a new study.

Skies were very hazy in Massachusetts Monday due to the wildfires on the West Coast.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued an air quality advisory for much of the state Monday into Tuesday, as smoke from wildfires burning on the west coast makes the air unhealthy to breathe for some people. The wildfires are also causing noticeable haze across the state for the second time in two weeks. The air quality advisory, which is…

This month’s heavy rains follow a year in which coastal communities in the United States experienced record high-tide flooding, a trend that federal ocean researchers say is expected to continue into the future “without improved flood defenses.” The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in a report released this month, said years of rising sea levels have made high-tide flooding,...

Oil and gas majors are likely to report bumper second-quarter earnings in the coming days, energy analysts have told CNBC.

Australia has garnered enough international support to defer an attempt by the United Nations’ cultural organization to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status because of damage caused by climate change

If we’re going to solve climate change, we need to rapidly decarbonize buildings. Here are the companies working to get buildings off of fossil fuels for good.

High temperatures next week will be the result of a heat dome, a strong high pressure system of air that descends from the atmosphere and heats up near land.