The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
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Mills administration pledges $15 million to improve public building efficiency
A new initiative aims to help public schools, municipalities and tribal governments make energy efficiency improvements and reduce their costs.
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‘Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
The authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls climate change clearly human-caused and “an established fact,” makes more precise and warmer forecasts for the 21st century.
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‘Code red for humanity’: Global warming nearing its limit, report finds
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent.
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On Earth Day, Gov. Mills announces $500,000 grant program for clean-energy startups
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled the competitive grant program on the same day that the Biden administration announced major climate-related goals for the U.S.
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Back in Paris pact, U.S. faces tougher climate steps ahead
In a video speech to European leaders, the president declares, ‘This is a global existential crisis, and all of us will suffer if we fail.’
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What Biden’s good climate plan is missing so far
A “green by default” option for consumers is working in California and Germany.
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In rebuttal: Terry Hansen: Lowry’s climate crisis views contradict experts
Columnist Rich Lowry’s dismissal of the climate crisis, which recently ran in the Sun Journal, directly contradicts the positions of our armed services, the U.S. insurance industry and financial sector. Consider the following statements: The Department of Defense: “As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather […]
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Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets
By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cows’ daily methane emissions by about 33%.
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As Trump lashes out at ‘prophets of doom’ in Davos, Greta Thunberg calls for climate action
While Thunberg and Trump did not mention each other directly in their speeches, their remarks represented a head-on collision of worldviews.