Demonstrators have been stationed outside the Freeport flagship retail store for weeks, calling for the company to discourage Citibank from investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure or to divest entirely.
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Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy
The overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. New data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number on the cost of burning fossil fuels.
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Maine awards $2.4 million in climate grants to 53 communities
The funding was announced at a meeting of the Maine Climate Council, which is resuming its work amid growing urgency to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for warming impacts.
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Wildfires can make your red wine taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that.
The risk to America’s premier wine-making regions – where wildfires caused billions of dollars in losses in 2020 – is growing, with climate change deepening drought and overgrown forests becoming tinderboxes.
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Six young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change
Legal teams for the 32 nations named in the suit questioned the admissibility of the case as well as the claim that the plaintiffs, who are from Portugal, are victims of climate change harm.
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Antarctica just hit a record low in sea ice – by a lot
Antarctica reached its annual maximum coverage this year on Sept. 10, about 13 days earlier than average.
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Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England
Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm.
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Portland’s minimum wage jumps to $21 an hour because of storm
Gov. Janet Mills’ declaration in advance of Hurricane Lee triggers a city law that includes a hazard pay clause bumping up Portland’s minimum wage by 50% during a state of emergency.
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How hard will Hurricane Lee hit New England? The cold North Atlantic may decide
New England will feel some effects from Hurricane Lee but is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic.
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2023 summer set global record for highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
Daily September temperatures also are higher than what has been recorded before for this time of year, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.