Recently, bigger ocean storms have knocked out hundreds of Maine lobster docks, intense rainfalls have kept the Androscoggin River well above flood level for many days in April and power was out for 10 hours to several days in parts of the Midcoast. Increasingly intense weather events are becoming the new norm, so many Maine […]
Climate Action Plan
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Yarmouth Town Council unanimously adopts Climate Action Plan
The Yarmouth Town Council has unanimously adopted the Climate Action Plan proposed by the Yarmouth Climate Action Task Force. The plan, approved by the council late last month, calls for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero and prepare for climate impacts and outlines steps to do so. The volunteer resident task force […]
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Comp plan update ready for Yarmouth residents’ review
April 30 is the deadline for providing feedback on the plan that will guide the town policy decisions ranging from housing to transportation in the coming years.
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Intertidal: Preparing for a future with climate change
As the coast of Maine begins the recovery process following the two recent storms, there are a lot of questions about how to prepare for the future. The conversations are taking place from the highest level down to the most local. The topics of adaptation and preparation are not new ones and many of the […]
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As Casco Bay warms, climate change alters its chemistry in unexpected ways
Casco Bay remains healthy overall, but the near-shore waters face a plethora of threats, especially stormwater pollution.
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Climate change has brought more extreme rain, snow to Maine
Sea level rise remains a top concern as the climate warms, but the increasing frequency of outsized precipitation is already having statewide impacts.
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Maine regulators signal support for new clean car rules
The Board of Environmental Protection narrowly supports proposed electric car standards, but balks at similar rules for trucks. A final vote won’t be taken until after board staff responds to more than a thousand public comments about the proposed rule.
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Maine awards $2.4 million in climate grants to 53 communities
The funding was announced at a meeting of the Maine Climate Council, which is resuming its work amid growing urgency to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for warming impacts.
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Research at Baxter seeks to identify plants that will adapt to global warming
Scientists say sediment taken from below Chimney Pond, and other Alpine lakes in the Northeast, will yield a fossil record of the plants – those that have died out and those that have survived – since the last ice age.
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UMaine professor’s computer model tells the story of Earth’s changing climate
Recent news coverage of the planet’s record-breaking heat wave relied on the online climate visualization tool developed Sean Birkel, who is also the state climatologist.