Fires in Australia and a declining lobster harvest speak to our need to take action.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen join Jane Fonda’s final D.C. climate protest
Before being led off by cops, Phoenix addressed the crowd and took aim at the meat and dairy industry.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Green New Deal will defuse threat of modern life as dystopia
Dwindling resources and global warming are no longer sci-fi scenarios – but Bernie Sanders has a bold plan to mitigate them.
Posted inNation & World, News
As Australia burns, its coal-loving prime minister faces backlash
In recent days, Scott Morrison has said his government accepts the scientific consensus on climate change and the role of fossil fuels.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Don’t give boomers too much credit
In defending his generation’s response to pollution, a writer ignored decades of negligence on climate.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Mainer among 4 activists arrested trying to block coal-carrying train
The group Climate Disobedience Center has held several protests recently trying to stop coal shipments to the power plant in Bow, New Hampshire.
Posted inNation & World, News
We can’t afford another lost decade for climate, scientists warn
The average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – ‘the only number that matters,’ – is already the highest in human history.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Post-Madrid hopes overshadowed by big polluters’ failure to make real progress
This month’s COP 25 summit left much work for nations, organizations, churches and individuals to get the world to net zero by 2050.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine should take part in regional effort to cut transportation pollution
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will deliver economic, health and environmental benefits.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Eastern states draft pact to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Such a plan would be overseen on the state level through a system requiring large fuel distributors to pay varying amounts to support a transportation investment fund, depending on how much pollution their fuels would produce.