climate

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.
Published
August 10, 2021

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.

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Published
August 9, 2021

‘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.
Published
July 28, 2021

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.
Published
July 9, 2021

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.
Published
July 4, 2021

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.
Published
June 29, 2021

Commentary: Fund public transit, not more roads

We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.