A new initiative trains high school students in radio broadcasting while they create content on climate and other environmental topics important to them.
climate change
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Litigation is not the answer to climate change
The environment has always been an important issue to Mainers, including myself, and I look forward to hearing more details about the Climate Action Plan unveiled in December. But while I support the plan’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, our leaders in Augusta should pursue a pragmatic approach to enacting climate policy. That approach, […]
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Posted inFood, Maine, News, Source
Do you know Mainers helping improve our environment? Nominate them for a Source Award
Nominations for the Press Herald’s sixth annual Source Awards, recognizing the state’s leaders in sustainability, are open through March 1.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Uncategorized
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
President Biden is trying to steer the country, both quietly and obviously, toward a new lifestyle.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It is the perfect time for putting Maine on the move
It’s time to explore how state and federal government and private investors can join forces to fund commuter rail between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland.
Posted inNation & World
As Biden seeks a turn on environment, Trump rules to linger
Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations that were stripped away by the Trump administration are among more than 100 business-friendly rules getting a second look under President Biden.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Baby lobsters may be adaptable to changes in Gulf of Maine, study shows
A team examined how post-larval lobsters’ genes react to the effects of ocean warming, acidification and the combination of both.
Posted inBusiness
General Motors sets goal of making mostly electric vehicles by 2035
The company plans to include crossovers, SUVs, sedans and trucks in its electric vehicle lineup.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Biden climate regulation is about to get tougher
By preparing to raise a key metric called the ‘social cost of carbon,’ the president signals that more stringent emissions rules are just around the corner.
Posted inNation & World
‘We can’t wait any longer’ to address climate crisis, Biden says in signing orders
The president signs executive orders to transform the nation’s heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one.