Gov. Mills marked the occasion by announcing new initiatives to help towns and cities help meet the Maine Climate Council’s plan and her goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Maine seeing powerful new ways to harness energy
I recently wrote about climate change and my sincere desire for a wealthy, influential, highly connected person, such as Elon Musk, to adopt a nation, state – or at least a community – to test their technology while making meaningful progress. In response, many wrote to tell me about the most marvelous advances in green […]
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: CMP’s woes not the only driver in clean-energy project’s defeat
Three of America’s top 12 worst carbon polluters developed a playbook to crush other proposals to meet the existential challenge of our time: climate change.
Posted inMaine, News
University of Maine researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
Warming temperatures and an extended growing season can lead to quality problems and disease, Gregory Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management, said.
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Ten coastal communities band together to defend against flooding from climate change
The towns will invest up to a half million dollars to develop a defense system against coastal flooding.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: My takeaway from COP26? Goodbye, gassy leaf blower
Just home from Glasgow, a young scientist from Freeport sees climate change as a global – and local – challenge.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Biden faces tougher sell on spending bill to Sen. Manchin as coal prices hit 12-year high
Rising coal prices are a potential boon for Manchin’s state of West Virginia.
Posted inNation & World
California wildfires this year torched thousands of giant sequoia trees
Intense fires that burned hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof – puts an exclamation point on the impact of climate change.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Confessions of a reluctant Question 1 opponent
The retroactivity-focused campaign almost pushed me into voting ‘yes.’ Why didn’t power line backers bring up the climate change implications?
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Coming off climate talks, U.S. to hold huge crude sale in Gulf
President Biden campaigned on vows to end drilling on public land and waters, but the leases mean production could go past 2030, when scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe.