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PublishedSeptember 9, 2024
Activists push for more aggressive action as Maine pitches climate strategy to public
Some environmental groups say the first draft of Maine's next climate action plan doesn't go far enough, especially when it comes to curbing transportation emissions.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2024
Maine awarded $69 million grant to address climate change
Funded through the $575 million Climate-Ready Coasts initiative, Maine's largest ever climate grant will focus on nature-based solutions, shoring up working waterfronts, and building capacity to prepare for climate change.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2024
What Maine can learn from Wabanaki environmental wisdom
Science is designed to be indifferent to values, but Indigenous knowledge seeks to reinsert them.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Looming flood threat: Maine coastal infrastructure at risk as soon as 2030
The Union of Concerned Scientists predicts that high-tide flooding caused by rising seas will hit critical facilities with a few years if emissions stay the same.
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PublishedJune 18, 2024
Report lays out Maine’s latest climate projections. Here’s what you need to know.
Scientists and working groups weigh in on all aspects of climate change, from heat waves to soaring pollen counts to sea level rise, to help the Maine Climate Council set new goals for the second installment of Maine Won't Wait, the state's climate action plan.
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PublishedJune 5, 2024
A fast-warming Gulf of Maine is rising faster than ever
The gulf is warming 3 times faster than the global average and rising about 2.5 times faster in recent years than it has over the last century, according to the Maine Climate Council.
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PublishedMay 29, 2024
Climate change likely to bring rewards – and risks – for Maine farmers
Warming temperatures and a longer growing season will benefit agriculture in the state, but pathogens, pests and extreme weather also are likely to accompany the milder winters, according to the Maine Climate Council.
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PublishedMay 21, 2024
Climate resilience commission starts work in lucrative port: Stonington
The newly formed panel aims travel around Maine to identify storm-ravaged communities whose needs do not fit neatly into federal disaster relief categories.
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PublishedMay 17, 2024
Maine is playing ‘catch-up’ to prepare for health impacts of climate change
That's the message the Maine Climate Council hears during the first of 3 scientific briefings geared toward updating the state's climate action plan by the end of the year.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
It’s time for Northeast & Maine to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why.
Scientists say last month's storms that destroyed wharfs in Maine, eroded sand dunes in New Hampshire, and flooded parts of New Jersey still coping with hurricane damage are becoming more the norm than the exception
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