This step – which President Biden could take at any time – will help prevent climate disaster and improve the health of our planet and our communities.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Community groups ready to partner with Maine schools on climate education
The organizations were added to L.D. 1902 specifically to help low-resource districts tap into competitive funding sources.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: A price on carbon would fight climate change
We can speed up the transition to renewable energy by making fossil fuels less attractive.
Posted inNation & World
Giant iceberg blocks scientists’ study of ‘Doomsday Glacier’
Teams of scientists sailing to Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier, nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ are having trouble getting there.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition
Opponents worried that the bill, which has huge support among Maine science teachers, would give environmental groups too much influence.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Sustainably Speaking: Small steps lead to big results in climate change fight
Editor’s note: Sustainably Speaking is a new monthly column written by members of the Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board that addresses ways to combat climate change and other environmental challenges. This time of year 15 years ago, my husband and I would have been suiting up in our snowshoes to walk out, across the bay, to […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Study shows it’s time to stop cooking with gas
Gas burners fulfill a primal urge, but they are bad for the climate and indoor air quality and need to be phased out.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Blume: Climate education bill will meet needs of underserved Maine students, schools
All young Mainers need the tools to live, work and succeed on a rapidly warming planet.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The most important decision all of us can make, now and later? Adapt.
If we’re serious about not letting climate change and global pandemics sink civilization, then we must work toward solutions rather than creating obstacles.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Judge throws out Biden administration’s massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale
The ruling cites a flawed environmental analysis that miscalculated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with future oil and gas drilling in the gulf.