Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’
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Posted inPerspective
Carbon removal is where green investment should go
Net zero is unreachable without it. And forget about offsets. They’re mostly bunk.
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Maine businesses brainstorm how to deal with climate change as an economic issue
Over 400 businesspeople and 60 presenters gathered in Augusta to share perspectives and practices on dealing with Earth’s warming.
Posted inNation / World
In major climate step, EPA proposes first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
A new rule could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.
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Maine rivers face increasing flood threat, research shows
The Northeast is seeing some of the biggest changes in rainfall quantity and intensity, according to the National Climate Assessment.
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Biden signs order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’
While GOP lawmakers want less regulation to lower energy prices, the administration says those policies would benefit oil companies and the Chinese.
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How planting native plants can fight the impacts of climate change
Wild Seed Project Executive Director Andrea Berry argued Thursday at the Great Falls Forum that the success of native species and health of the environment is linked to native plants.
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Biden announces $80 million in solar power initiatives
The Department of Energy is set to spend $52 million on 19 solar projects across a dozen states, including $10 million from the infrastructure law, as well as $30 million on technologies that will help integrate solar electricity into the grid.
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Stiff EPA emission limits to boost U.S. electric vehicle sales tenfold in a decade
If finalized next year as expected, the plan would represent the strongest push yet toward a once almost unthinkable shift from gasoline-powered cars and trucks to battery-powered vehicles.
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Abnormal surge in sea levels along southern U.S. coast heightens flooding worries
Multiple new studies highlight a rate of sea level rise that is ‘unprecedented in at least 120 years’ along the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. coast.