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PublishedAugust 30, 2019
Maine offers rebates for buyers of hybrid and electric vehicles
The program, with rebates of $1,000 to $2,000, will be funded by a $5.1 million legal settlement with Volkswagen for violating state environmental laws.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Northeast is among places where extreme climate change has already arrived
Rhode Island is the first state in the Lower 48 whose average temperature rise has eclipsed 2 degrees Celsius, but New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts trail close behind.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Study predicts more ‘extreme heat’ days in Maine as climate warms
The Union of Concerned Scientists says Maine could have a 10-fold increase in 90-plus degree days by midcentury, and up to 11 days a year when temperatures top 100 by century's end.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Winners and losers of the 2019 legislative session
Democrats used their legislative majority and control of the Blaine House to push through many bills in health care, education and the environment, but some measures still fell by the wayside.
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PublishedMay 17, 2019
More asthma, fewer cod: Mills cites impacts on Maine as she pitches climate council to lawmakers
The governor tells the Environment and Natural Resources Committee that Maine will need to diversify its industries and find new sources of energy in response to climate change.
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PublishedMay 16, 2019
Bates College achieves carbon neutral status to help stave off climate change
Bates is the seventh college in the country to reach its goal pronounced in 2007.
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PublishedMay 15, 2019
‘You idiots’: Bill Nye’s fiery message to leaders stalling on climate change
The famously zany scientist and host of the PBS series "Bill Nye the Science Guy" then aimed a blowtorch at a globe to illustrate his argument: "What I'm saying is, the planet's on fire," Nye said, punctuating his point with some R-rated profanity on Sunday's episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
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PublishedMay 13, 2019
Scientists link warming of Gulf of Maine to decline in right whales’ food supply
Copepods, the flea-like creatures the whales feed on, have sharply declined with rising water temperatures.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Maine Senate supports studying CMP power line’s impact on climate
Supporters say the study is needed to accurately gauge how the 145-mile transmission line through western Maine would affect overall greenhouse gas emissions.
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