climate change
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2024
Maine towns confront climate choice: Rebuild a road or save a marsh?
A decision by Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth to remove a low-lying road through the Spurwink Marsh is an example of managed retreat in the face of climate change and the difficult choices facing communities all along the coast.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2024
Lab-grown diamonds come with sparkling price tags, but many have cloudy sustainability claims
More Americans are looking for lab-grown gems for ethical or eco-friendly reasons, but making them requires massive amounts of energy and are often crafted in countries that rely heavily on burning coal for power.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine's coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they'll pay for it.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2024
Ice cream cones, sunshine and warmth: Welcome to winter in Maine
The National Weather Service office in Gray reported that the temperature hit 54 degrees at the Portland International Jetport – exactly 20 degrees above the historical average for Feb. 10.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Ocean system that moves heat gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says
For thousands of years, Earth's oceans have relied on a circulation system that runs like a conveyor belt. It's still going but slowing.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2024
Taylor Swift is demanding this college student stop tracking her private jet
The musician has blamed the automated tracking of her private jet for tipping off stalkers as to her location.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Maine may join rest of New England in banning food scraps from landfills
Supporters want lawmakers to do something about rotting food waste, which produces dangerous levels of methane gas. But critics of the proposal say a ban would be too costly for the state and businesses.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
Maine DEP moves to fast-track recovery permits after destructive winter storms
Lawmakers hope to ease some environmental regulations so people can build more durable infrastructure and recover more quickly after January's storms.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
A research program aims to help farmers and gardeners cope with climate change
Barracuda, a project of universities in Maine and Vermont, gathers and shares data.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
Storm-battered Maine communities look to state funding to prepare for warmer, wetter future
Gov. Janet Mills wants to invest $50 million into a fund that is already helping communities across the state prepare for more storms fueled by climate change.
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