In a time when there is such immense need for political action concerning climate change, we are seeing the Trump and LePage administrations intentionally block environmental progress on a local, state and national level. President Trump and his administration have pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, dissolved the National Climate Assessment advisory committee, and […]
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Climate change in Maine
A recent article in the Sun Journal detailed current and potential impacts of climate change in Maine. These issues are important to me and inspired me to visit Washington, D.C., to learn about how people can address this important problem. While in the capital, I met with staff members from various congressional offices and was […]
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Poisoning the Earth
I am writing in response to Dorothy Lewis’ letter (June 6) concerning President Trump’s pulling the United States out of the Paris Accord. The amazing pictures sent back to us on Earth by the Apollo astronauts illustrate vividly why our futures depend on trying as hard as we can to live up to the hard-won […]
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Climate affects the whole world
How far is Paris, France, from Paris, Maine? When he announced that he would pull the U.S. out of the climate accord, President Trump said that he was elected to promote cities such as Youngstown and Detroit, and “not Paris.” The Paris accord, of course, isn’t just about Paris, France. It is also about Paris, […]
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Trump did the right thing
The hysteria from the left as a result of President Trump exiting the Paris climate accord is absurd. Everything they say is anti-Trump and hardly a word in support of the agreement. President Trump took the U.S. out of the accord because: • The American taxpayers would have been on the hook for $3 trillion […]
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Camden lawmaker wants Maine to go along with Paris climate deal
AUGUSTA — Frustrated by President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the Paris climate agreement, a state senator is pushing for Maine to comply with the goals of the accord on its own authority. “We can’t stop trying,” Sen. Dave Miramant, D-Camden. Miramant plans to ask the Senate Thursday to ask the […]
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Maine’s climate already changing, with more to come
Though people tend to talk most about climate change during a heat wave or in the wake of a terrible storm, the reality is that it’s a slow, subtle shift that’s scarcely noticeable except over the long haul. But scientists say that Maine is very much feeling its impact. From a rise in the number […]
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Trump’s climate change move draws sharp reactions in Maine
Calling it “a devastating blow,” the head of the Natural Resources Council of Maine denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of an international climate agreement Thursday. Lisa Pohlmann, the environmental group’s executive director, said the move “could jeopardize global efforts to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.” Maine’s congressional delegation had […]
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Exxon, Conoco back Paris climate deal as Donald Trump weighs exit
President Donald Trump faces some unlikely opposition to the idea of pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris climate accord: Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips, two of the world’s biggest oil producers. Both companies reiterated their support Wednesday for the global agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution amid reports that Trump planned to ditch a […]
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Mainers have a right to clean air
All people deserve a chance to live a long and healthy life. That is why it is so outrageous that President Donald Trump is gutting the Environmental Protection Agency and important policies that keep our air clean. Although our air is cleaner than it was 30 years ago because environmental and public health legislation has […]