When it comes to both COVID and climate change, don’t condescend – suggest steps people can take that have a positive impact.
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Maine Voices: Let’s take a leaf out of California’s book on clean cars
The Golden State is expected to move forward with ambitious emissions regulation later this week. It sends a signal to the global auto market – and to states like Maine.
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Maine Voices: Current electric vehicle rebates don’t fit the bill
Our state is incentivizing new EV purchases by higher-income drivers rather than helping others get old, inefficient cars off the road.
Posted inNation & World, News
Glaciers in Europe are experiencing the most severe melting on record
Researchers say the melting is ‘off the charts’ – and the season isn’t over yet.
Posted inBusiness
Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
The first official federal calculations of the new spending package show it will slice America’s carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Think Maine was hot this summer? Just wait
New study predicts twice as many hot summer days in Maine by 2053.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Heat wave shows inequitable effects of climate change
In Maine as around the world, this summer’s unbearable heat has hit low-income people far harder than everyone else.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
What’s in big Biden bill? Health, climate goals become law
The package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden signs sweeping climate, health bill, says ‘American people won’
The bill’s passage marks one of the most successful legislative efforts by Democrats this session. It aims to tamp down inflation, lower prescription drug prices, tackle climate change, reduce the deficit and impose a minimum tax on profits of the largest corporations.
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Maine Voices: USM trip to Greenland sheds light on coastal communities’ challenges
Listening to Greenlanders tell stories about the dramatic effects of climate change is an illuminating experience.