If global warming were to go away, the political left would not celebrate.
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Posted inNation & World
Senate energy bill falls apart amid dispute over coolants
Some legislators say a phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, a major contributor to global warming, would add new federal rules on top of current state rules.
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Posted inNew England
Boston Harbor brings ashore a new enemy: Rising seas
The city is confronting this existential threat and is taking steps now to contain the problem – at a relatively affordable price and within a short timeline.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political division
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘To get the carbon out,’ Maine should look to energy from wood fiber
Pellet boilers are a home-grown alternative to expensive electric-powered heat pumps.
Posted inNation & World, News
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79
He chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change panel from 2002 until he resigned in 2015.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Downtown Portland driving ban could help reduce state’s carbon footprint
Cutting transportation-related emissions would also involve shuttles to parking garages and incentives to buy electric vehicles.
Posted inNation & World
High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
The Great Lakes are bursting at the seams less than a decade after bottoming out, a sharp turnabout fueled by the region’s wettest period in more than a century that scientists say is likely connected to the warming climate.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: On climate change, Portland says one thing and does another
The approval of the massive mixed-use 58 Fore St. project is the latest decision at odds with the city’s pledges to work toward a low-carbon economy.
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The world’s ocean waters are moving faster – another consequence of climate change
However, in the North Atlantic region, where cold seawater is a factor, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is moving slower.