Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat – but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine.
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Most American teens are frightened by climate change, poll shows
A solid majority of teenagers are convinced that climate change will harm them personally, as well as their generation.
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Trump skips G-7 meeting on climate change, Amazon fires
The president left an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
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Welcome to Greenland, where glaciers go to die
The future of the earth is being written in fast-melting Greenland.
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Maine Voices: We have to work together to protect our common resources
Under carbon fee and dividend, emissions would be subject to an increasing price, with all revenues put back into the economy as a dividend to all families.
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Maine Voices: Carbon capture could make a difference – if we let it
Removing CO2 from emissions or directly from the air should be part of any plan to fight climate change.
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June was hottest on record, July may follow suit
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday announced that June averaged 60.6 degrees, about 1.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average.
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Intelligence official resigns after White House blocks his climate change testimony
WASHINGTON – A State Department intelligence official who was blocked by the White House from submitting written congressional testimony on climate change last month is resigning from his post. Rod Schoonover – who worked in the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues’ Bureau of Intelligence and Research – spoke about the security risks the […]
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Maine Voices: Trump administration’s efforts to save coal are a slap in the face to humanity
Fossil fuel-driven climate change will have a particularly devastating impact on the poor and on future generations.
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Our View: Recurring need to borrow shows trouble with Maine’s roads and bridges
Selling bonds to maintain a failing transportation system will not move our state in the right direction.