Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Renewable energy best way to fight Putin
Fossil fuels will keep powering Russia’s ability to make war until we commit to a carbon-free economy.
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Posted inNation & World
Less ice is covering North American lakes, raising specter of long-term problems
The changes are forcing communities, including in Maine, to adapt and curtail some winter activities while also raising the risk of environmental and health issues.
Posted inNation & World
U.N. report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s future
From Texas to Florida, the entire U.S. Gulf coast is under serious threat from rising seas as the planet’s polar ice caps melt, the U.N. report says.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Botanist makes the case for healthy hunter-gatherers
Foragers hold the key to greater nutrition, argues Arthur Haines of Native Plant Trust. But he concedes, with almost 8 billion people to feed on Earth, wild food has its limits.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The best climate science you’ve never heard of says doom is still avoidable
But global emissions must fall 45 percent by 2030 to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels – the line we can’t cross if we are to avoid catastrophic, if not irreversible, consequences.
Posted inNation & World
Even in water-rich Michigan, no guarantee of enough for all
Michigan would seem the last place to worry about water shortages.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
House approves climate science training funds for Maine teachers
The $3 million state grant program would encourage school districts to partner with community nonprofits to build climate science training plans for teachers.
Posted inNation & World
Sea level to rise 1 foot along U.S. coastlines by 2050, government report finds
Human-caused climate change, driven mostly by the burning of fossil fuels, has accelerated global sea-level rise to the fastest rate in more than 3,000 years.
Posted inMaine
In Saco, EPA chief says federal infrastructure funds will help Maine offset costs of adapting to sea level rise
The city’s wastewater treatment plant, one of six in Maine seen as vulnerable to rising ocean levels, will need $54 million to remain above water.