The resolution would commit the city to pursue ambitious goals on addressing climate change.
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Posted inMaine, News
Friends of Casco Bay will add data stations to get a clearer picture of quickly changing waters
Researchers for the nonprofit will deploy two continuous water-quality monitoring units – in Portland Harbor and in the New Meadows area near Harpswell – to get a more holistic view of conditions in the bay.
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Posted inMaine, News
Kelp, the forests of the sea, vanishing from southern Maine as Gulf warms
Fish don’t much like the scrubby invasive seaweeds that are replacing them, researchers find.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Speak up now to protect Atlantic puffins and the fish they rely on
Herring conservation measures will also benefit cod, salmon and many other predatory marine species.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Sens. Collins, King co-sponsor effort to expand regional climate programs
The group has introduced bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath climate report finds 27% reduced emissions, sets higher goals
From 2017 to 2018, the city’s industrial sector had the highest greenhouse gas emissions, 99 percent of which Bath Iron Works is responsible for.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Can states and cities do enough to fight climate change?
Voluntary local efforts are good, but real action needs to happen on a national level.
Posted inFood
Restaurants put climate change on the menu
‘Chefs possess all this cultural capital, they’re agile, they get stuff done and make things work. This could become a global movement of chefs who want to do the right thing.’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Western Maine power corridor not worth the ‘sacrifice’
We shouldn’t approve an infrastructure project that will benefit CMP stockholders more than it does the climate.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Ocean wind power back on track in Maine
A political roadblock, not a failure of technology, cost this clean power technology crucial time.