A group charged with developing and recommending mitigation and adaptation strategies for the state of Maine is taking comments until Wednesday.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The plight of the bumblebee (and other pollinators)
Bees, both native and not, face an array of threats. Here’s how you can help in your own backyard.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: COVID serves as dress rehearsal for dealing with climate crisis
Comparing the response to the virus by Canada and by the U.S. is illuminating and instructive.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Contracts to build Clean Energy Corridor reflect project’s promise
The power line will provide jobs for Mainers and deliver clean energy to customers in Maine and New England.
Posted inNation & World
The Southwest is locked in the grips of the first human-caused megadrought, study finds
A megadrought that’s more severe than some of the worst droughts of the past 1,200 years is underway in a 10-state region of the Southwest.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Economy will come back when COVID crisis passes – but emissions don’t have to
Let’s help put Maine back to work by investing in an infrastructure that is cleaner and more resilient yet has a lower operating cost.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Virtual work sessions coming for joint climate action plan
The final draft of climate action plan is on the verge of completion, but Portland and South Portland’s sustainability offices are looking for more public input.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
‘If you can reach it, people have tried to manipulate it.’
So says a fisheries expert about the many dramatic changes in Maine’s fisheries over two centuries.
Posted inMaine
As waters warm, risk of whales being struck by ships rises
Ship strikes involving rare North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and giant blue whales on the West Coast have already increased, scientists say.
Posted inOutdoors
Maine’s lands and waters 200 years later? Very different
The state’s lumber industry and global climate change have both had significant impact on Maine’s environment.