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PublishedApril 16, 2025
As cocoa prices rise, Maine chocolatiers try to find the sweet spot
Supply problems in West Africa, the commodities market and uncertain tariffs have forced local chocolate makers to find creative solutions to doing business.
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PublishedApril 6, 2025
Sen. Angus King fumes at removal of climate change from US threat assessment
At a Senate hearing last week, King used part of his allotted time to interrogate Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about the sudden change.
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PublishedApril 6, 2025
Seasonal allergies getting worse? Blame climate change.
As temperatures rise, plants produce more pollen over a longer period of time. But locally collected pollen counts are on the way to help Mainers with seasonal allergies navigate the worst of the sneeze season.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2025
Maine Climate Council says it’s ‘not all doom and gloom’ amid concerns about federal cuts
The council working to achieve state goals to reduce climate change emissions says it is still on track despite some funding disruptions.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2025
Maine lawmakers advance effort to seek money for more EV subsidies
Republicans, who have criticized state efforts to promote electric vehicle sales, opposed tapping a regional source of funding. Maine exhausted its money for EV rebates in November.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2025
Maine must prepare for storms and climate change, lawmakers told
A proposal formed in the wake of last winter's back-to-back storms to help communities prepare for bad weather and climate change was presented at a legislative hearing on Thursday.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2025
A year of extremes: 2024 was Maine’s hottest on record
The year of extreme weather began with floods and ended with a drought, and set a new record high average annual temperature across the state.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
Climate change impacts threaten future of Maine lighthouses
The state's lighthouses are threatened by rising sea levels and intense storms – and adapting them to be more resilient is a challenge.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
Central Maine snowmobilers face new, snowless normal
'Down here in Kennebec County, I'm afraid our years are probably up,' said Ernest Rice, longtime president of the Belgrade snowmobile club.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2025
Maine’s lighthouses added to global list of endangered heritage sites
World Monuments Watch says Maine's historic lighthouses are threatened by climate change and intensifying coastal storms, like the ones that battered some of the iconic beacons in January 2024.
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