Guterres said the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, set to end Friday, will ‘very probably’ not yield the carbon-cutting pledges he has said are needed to keep the planet from warming beyond the 1.5-degree threshold.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our Endorsement: Vote ‘no’ on Question 1 to fight climate change
If we are going to decarbonize the energy economy, Maine is going to need infrastructure projects like the proposed transmission line.
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Posted inNation & World
People around the world increasingly see climate change as a personal threat
The two largest greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China, get low marks from other countries for their climate policies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: No going back on climate change
A new U.N. report says we are running out of time to keep the world from overheating.
Posted inNation & World
‘Code red for humanity’: Global warming nearing its limit, report finds
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Democrats cannot waste fleeting chance to act on climate
Rising temperatures already are causing catastrophic events across the planet, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t act.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs to better prepare for changing climate – and we can’t do it alone
Our congressional delegation should press for approval of federal funding that will protect Mainers who live and make their livelihood by the rising seas.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The climate time bomb keeps ticking more loudly
As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Fund public transit, not more roads
We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maybe Maine’s pests are trying to tell us something
Ticks, browntail moths and whatever insect died on Wells Beach last week could be signs of a changing climate.