Gov. Janet Mills announced the $5.4 million in new state grants on the 2nd anniversary of Maine’s Climate Action Plan.
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Fearing coastal pollution, Brunswick passes moratorium to delay housing development in watershed
The Brunswick Town Council responded to growing concerns about the health of its coastal ecosystems Monday evening by imposing an emergency moratorium on development projects within the Maquoit Bay Watershed.
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Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state’s role as a leader in fighting climate change.
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Effects of climate change underlie CMP rate hike request
Everyone wants a stronger grid. But can beleaguered customers afford it now?
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Patagonia founder gives away the company: ‘Earth is now our only shareholder’
Ownership of the company, founded in 1973 and reportedly valued at about $3 billion, has been transferred to a trust created to protect the firm’s values, as well as a nonprofit organization.
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A ‘doomsday glacier’ the size of Florida is disintegrating faster than thought
A large glacier in Antarctica that could raise sea levels by several feet is disintegrating faster than last predicted, according to a new study published Monday in the journal in Nature Geoscience.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine’s not rushing to follow California’s electric car mandate
Gov. Janet Mills says she is not inclined to mandate a shift to electric vehicles the way California is, and advocates in Maine say that makes sense given challenges such as cost and availability.
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Greenland ice sheet on track to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds
If the sea level along the U.S. coasts rose by an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, the most destructive floods would take place 5 times as often, and moderate floods would become 10 times as frequent, a recent study found.
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California looks to phase out gas-fueled vehicles by 2035
Approval of the groundbreaking policy is expected and will trigger a ripple effect throughout the auto industry and across the country.
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Think Maine was hot this summer? Just wait
New study predicts twice as many hot summer days in Maine by 2053.