The state has at least 84 square miles of blue carbon reservoirs, which store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the soil and vegetation. That much carbon is equal to the annual emissions of 1.25 million passenger cars.
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Home AC units – in Maine, all the cool kids are using them
Air conditioning has long been considered unnecessary – even luxurious – for many Mainers. But as summers get hotter, the need for cool, dry homes is creating converts.
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Billions for clean energy caught in a partisan tug of war
While Republicans want to rescind large portions of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the EPA is working to enlist organizations to put the money into action.
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Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find
More than 6.5 billion people, or 81% of the world’s population, sweated through at least 1 day where climate change had a significant effect on the average daily temperature.
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Nearly 60% of U.S. population under heat or flood advisories
Continued excessive heat comes after July 2023 was declared the hottest month on record.
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Biden says extreme heat costing U.S. $100 billion annually
Biden said he asked the Labor Department to issue a hazard alert, reaffirming that workers have heat-related protections under federal law, and warned states that aren’t protecting workers.
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Water at tip of Florida hits hot tub level, may have set world record for warmest seawater
Climate change has been setting temperature records across the globe this month.
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Scientists detect sign that a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse
The new analysis is at odds with the most recent report from the United Nations, which drew on multiple climate models and concluded with ‘medium confidence’ that the Atlantic’s circulation system will not fully collapse this century.
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Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
Climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
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New evacuations ordered in Greece as high winds and heat fuel wildfires
Temperatures reached the low of over 104 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Greek mainland Monday, a day after soaring as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.