One year in, Maine’s climate plan moving forward, fueled by unexpected federal windfall

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Published
December 1, 2021

One year in, Maine’s climate plan moving forward, fueled by unexpected federal windfall

Gov. Mills marked the occasion by announcing new initiatives to help towns and cities help meet the Maine Climate Council's plan and her goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.
Published
November 30, 2021

UMaine-Farmington’s Sustainable Campus Coalition celebrates 20th anniversary

The Sustainable Campus Coalition, founded in 2001, is "an organization of students, faculty, staff and community members" working to reduce the campus's "environmental impact" and educate the community on sustainability.
Published
November 26, 2021

Ten coastal communities band together to defend against flooding from climate change

The towns will invest up to a half million dollars to develop a defense system against coastal flooding.
Published
November 26, 2021

UMaine-Farmington students block road to protest town’s fossil-fuel emissions

Four University of Maine at Farmington students blocked off Main Street, one of Farmington's busier roads and thoroughfares, to protest climate change and the town's fossil fuel emissions. The sit-in ended when police intervened after 15 minutes. The sit-in raised discussion between participants, bystanders and other local activists about the most impactful ways to protest and instigate change.
Published
November 19, 2021

California wildfires this year torched thousands of giant sequoia trees

Intense fires that burned hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof – puts an exclamation point on the impact of climate change.
Published
November 16, 2021

Coming off climate talks, U.S. to hold huge crude sale in Gulf

President Biden campaigned on vows to end drilling on public land and waters, but the leases mean production could go past 2030, when scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Published
November 11, 2021

Frustration, defiance in village to be abandoned to the sea

Residents of a small coastal village in north Wales face becoming the U.K.’s first 'climate refugees.'
Published
November 11, 2021

Foundations commit billions to fight climate change

Global warming is an area many think philanthropy has neglected.
Published
November 10, 2021

Serious about climate change? Get serious about peat.

These waterlogged, acidic, low-nutrient ecosystems are the most carbon-dense lands on Earth.
Published
November 10, 2021

Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for end to coal use

The early version of the document circulating at the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, also impresses on countries the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions by about half by 2030.