Donald Trump should make a promised trade deal contingent on action by Jair Bolsonaro.
climate change
Posted inMaine, News
Press Herald joins Covering Climate Now project
The newspaper will publish a series on climate change in Maine as part of a cooperative international media effort to focus attention on the issue on the eve of a critical UN Climate Summit.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Carmakers are smart to ignore Trump’s rollback of fuel-economy standards
The clean-car standard is one of the most important federal environmental and public health policies.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump skips G-7 meeting on climate change, Amazon fires
The president left an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Long-buried U.S. nuclear waste would complicate any bid for Greenland
Would the U.S. or Denmark be responsible for cleaning up over 47,000 gallons of Cold War-era radioactive waste?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc Thiessen: Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is far from absurd
The United States has a major strategic interest in not allowing new Arctic sea lanes to fall under Russian or Chinese control.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New forest products put Maine on right track
Wood fiber insulation and bridge supports are restoring jobs that were lost to declines in the paper industry.
Posted inNation & World, News
Welcome to Greenland, where glaciers go to die
The future of the earth is being written in fast-melting Greenland.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Landmarks to discuss climate impact survey
PORTLAND — Greater Portland Landmarks is ready to share results of a survey documenting historic resources that are at increased risk due to the impacts of climate change in two vulnerable neighborhoods: Bayside in Portland and Ferry Village in South Portland. Two neighborhood meetings have been scheduled: At 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Peoples […]
Posted inNation & World
Alaska records its warmest month ever; future records likely
The average temperature in July was 58.1 degrees, 5.4 degrees above average and 0.8 degrees higher than the previous warmest month of July 2004, according to NOAA.