The plan would cost billions of dollars to execute, but state leaders say the cost of doing nothing would be even greater.
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Posted inNation / World
Biden to embed climate-change action throughout federal agencies
The president-elect’s 300-page blueprint lays out a holistic approach to climate while avoiding some of the pitfalls that hampered President Obama.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine climate scientist to join Biden’s transition team
David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, is named to the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Increased protection needed for Maine’s riparian zones
Riparian zones are the borderlands of lakes, streams and other surface waters such as floodplains.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Maine deserves a serious debate on climate change in the U.S. Senate race
With much of America’s West Coast burning and Southeast Coast flooding, it’s amazing that the subject of climate change has barely been mentioned in the Susan Collins-Sarah Gideon Senatorial slugfest. Instead, Mainers have been treated to a nightly barrage of dueling television ads in which Collins and Gideon have attacked one another for every real […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine businesses host online forums on climate change action
The next session, on confronting climate change in Maine’s natural resource sectors, will take place Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Posted inNation / World
Underwater and on fire: U.S. climate change magnifies extremes
The West is in the 20th year of a ‘megadrought,’ while bigger downpours in the East are becoming more common.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Portland records its hottest summer on record – again
With an average temperature of 70.5 degrees, the summer of 2020 was more than 3 degrees warmer than ‘normal.’
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine
Chellie Pingree aims to transform American agriculture
From an island in Maine, the 1st Congressional District Democrat is pushing a measure to make the nation’s farming carbon neutral and more sustainable.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Gideon unveils climate policies in her bid for U.S. Senate
The Democrat’s climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.