A coalition of governments and environmental groups want to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040 by slashing production and limiting some chemicals used in making plastics.
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How the U.S. wants to pressure China to help avert climate catastrophe
U.S.-China relations will determine the future of global warming, but it’s difficult to set aside superpower rivalries in the bid to reduce emissions.
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Land across the U.S. is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas.
Cities aren’t only seeing sea level rise. Parts of them are also sinking.
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New wood heat options come with climate trade-offs
Maine’s forests are crucial to both absorbing carbon emissions and providing alternatives to high oil costs.
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Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water
By a 5-4 vote, the justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water, writing that wetlands can only be regulated if they have a ‘continuous surface connection’ to larger, regulated bodies of water.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland sets up eco-friendly electric lawn tool lending library
A grand opening will be held June 3 at the library, where residents can borrow electric lawn mowers, hedge clippers and leaf blowers.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland library director’s side gig is digs
Thomas Bennett is studying shell middens to highlight the impact of climate change on Casco Bay.
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Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses over last 50 years, UN says
The World Meteorological Organization said most of the economic damage between 1970 and 2021 came in the U.S. – totaling $1.7 trillion – but 9 in 10 deaths worldwide took place in developing countries.
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Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts
Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the Colorado River over the next 3 years.
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Commentary: The climate crisis is Maine’s storm of the century
But with the Mills administration’s four-year climate plan and much-needed support at the federal level, we’re ready to meet this moment.