Dazed and confused, or maybe just stressed, trees and shrubs that normally bloom in the spring are blooming this fall.
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Posted inBusiness, New England
Gaza has oil markets on edge. That could build more urgency to shift to renewables, agency head says
International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol says wind and solar power could offer a ‘long lasting solution’ to energy security issues.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine regulators signal support for new clean car rules
The Board of Environmental Protection narrowly supports proposed electric car standards, but balks at similar rules for trucks. A final vote won’t be taken until after board staff responds to more than a thousand public comments about the proposed rule.
Posted inNation & World, News
A key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says
A new study says no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an unavoidable melt.
Posted inMaine
A warming Gulf Stream is edging ever closer to shore
The shifting current may cause breakaway areas of warm water that raise temperatures in the Gulf of Maine for months at a time, a study finds.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Times Record
Climate demonstrator outside L.L. Bean gets surprise visit from CEO
Freeport resident and retired schoolteacher William Rixon has been demonstrating outside L.L. Bean since the beginning of September. This week, he got a response.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth teen honored in D.C. with Girls Leading Change award
Leela Marie Hidier hopes her writing evokes empathy around climate change and its consequences.
Posted inNation & World, News
These houses are at risk of falling into the sea. The U.S. government bought them.
‘It will be a safer beach,’ says the National Park Service official who pushed for the buyouts and has seen other homes collapse and scatter debris for miles.
Posted inMaine, News
As Maine warms, scientists search for tree species that will keep its forests growing
Some are experimenting with assisted forest migration, relocating trees from more southerly habitats that might do well in Maine as temperatures rise and drive out native species.
Posted inNation & World
A sudden spike in global warmth is so extreme, it’s mysterious
The recent warmth is so far outside the realm of what has occurred, it creates a new conundrum that will take time for research to unpack.