Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina will receive $36 million in federal and private-sector funding to support offshore wind training programs.

Gov. Charlie Baker has an amended climate bill on his desk after a flurry of weekend action at the State House.

The Western Climate Initiative is one option the Vermont Climate Council will explore to replace TCI-P in its Climate Action Plan released in December.

With Northeast states backing out of joining TCI-P, states now have a major funding gap for their plans to clean up the transportation sector.

Regulators said National Grid’s geothermal demo project could help the state understand the role of gas distribution companies in achieving its climate goals.

Vermont and Maine will put $136 million in federal aid into climate and energy initiatives; Massachusetts is looking to spend $400 million on those sectors.