As the climate policy chief for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Falmouth native Joel Clement had his work cut out for him. For almost seven years, his job required him to come up with ways to deal with fast-changing conditions that threaten everything from national parks to remote villages on the crumbling shores of […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Wednesday talk by climate whistleblower moved to bigger space
LEWISTON — A Wednesday night talk by a climate scientist-turned-whistleblower against the Trump Administration has been moved to a larger space. Joe Clement, who grew up in Maine and is the former director of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Department of Interior, will speak at 7 p.m. at the Bates College’s Olin Center, 75 Russell […]
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Climate change or climate cycles?
I write in response to commentary titled “Yes, Earth is Warming,” by Jason Samenow of the Washington Post, printed Jan. 30 in the Sun Journal. I grew up in Maine during the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, when people were panicked about “global cooling.” For the balance of the century, the public was then being warned […]
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Carole LeBlanc of UNE publishes two volumes on climate change
BIDDEFORD — Carole LeBlanc, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, recently published two books on climate change. The books, “Demystifying Climate Risk,” volumes I and II, are distillations of the First Annual International Technical Workshop on Climate Risk hosted by LeBlanc in Wells in October 2016. The first book covers environmental, health […]
Posted inNation / World
Why climate change doesn’t mean the end of winter storms
Last week, President Donald Trump forced us to address the easy question about climate change and winter cold. No — experts loudly responded to a Trump tweet – unusual cold in one region of the globe during winter does not mean the globe as a whole is not warming. The far harder question is how […]
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Find solutions for climate change
A recent closure of Casco Bay shellfish beds reflects changes occurring in Casco Bay. There is no way to predict exactly how this will play out. What we know is that historical patterns of fishing will change. People will be out of work, and the culture and traditions of the people that depend on a […]
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Bad decision on environment
On Oct. 10, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt made a disastrous decision to move forward with plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, America’s first and only federal limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Not only that, he is also stacking the deck to justify dismantling these lifesaving health and carbon pollution protections. Those […]
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Susan Collins warns climate change will cost government billions
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is questioned by reporters as she arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) A new General Accounting Office report on climate that warns extreme weather is on the rise ought to spur federal policy shifts, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday. “We cannot ignore […]
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Moving on with climate change
Four monster hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean within a span of a few weeks is not enough to dent the alt-right’s (aka Republican Party) mad fantasy denying the fact of climate change. Global warming doesn’t care whether President Donald Trump and the Republicans deny its existence, any more than the tide cared about Canute. It […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Nothing to see here, say climate deniers
Katia and Jose? Seriously? As if it were not bad enough that Houston is still drying out from Hurricane Harvey and South Florida is hunkered down in the face of Hurricane Irma, last week found the newly formed hurricanes Katia and Jose, respectively spinning in the Gulf of Mexico and whirling west across the Atlantic. […]