climate

Published
December 28, 2021

Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role

Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
Published
December 21, 2021

Our View: Congress can’t surrender in climate fight

One senator should not be able to stop legislation that’s so vital to our future.
Published
December 15, 2021

Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers

A powerful storm system blew through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt tornado warnings.
Published
November 22, 2021

Letter: Carbon tax should be national, not state-specific
Published
November 17, 2021

Maine Voices: It’s past time to see climate change education for the urgent need it is

With the Maine Legislative Council’s support Nov. 18, the full Legislature can consider advancing this key priority.
Published
November 16, 2021

Our View: Progress on climate policy is slowly taking shape

At an international conference or in Washington, progress is being made, if too slowly.
Published
November 12, 2021

Climate talks back off from call to end all fossil fuel use

Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.
Published
November 11, 2021

U.N. chief says global warming goal is on ‘life support’

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.
Published
October 24, 2021

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.
Published
September 14, 2021

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.