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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Frequency of ferocious storms, power outages on the rise in Maine
Columbia University public health researchers found that the typical Maine customer went without power for longer than average between 2018 and 2020.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
NASA satellite could help identify best places to grow oysters, scallops in Gulf of Maine
Two University of Maine researchers are involved with an effort to log the most detailed data on record about the color and health of the ocean. The findings could have a range of impacts in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
Anniversary milestone for the guy with the greenest thumb around
As our Maine Gardener column turns 20, writer Tom Atwell reflects on how gardening has changed.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
The winter that wasn’t: Climate change is transforming Maine’s coldest season
Unusually warm and mostly snow-free, the past few months have continued a long-term trend consistent with a warming planet.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses in bid to fight climate change
The new rules for heavy trucks and buses come a week after the EPA announced new automobile emissions standards for passenger vehicles.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Proposal to give lawmakers final say over Maine’s electric vehicle standards sails through committee
The committee unanimously approved a bill declaring electric vehicle rules to be the responsibility of lawmakers and not the Board of Environmental Protection, an appointed citizen board that rejected EV rules the previous day.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. New study links climate shocks to inflation
By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow, with global food prices predicted to increase 2.2 to 4.3 percentage points annually, the study said.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Maine board rejects mandate to boost electric vehicle sales by 2032
Suggesting lawmakers should take up such sweeping changes, the Board of Environmental Protection votes 4-2 against the rules on the same day that the Biden administration rolls out the country's strongest-ever limits on tailpipe pollution.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Opinion: MainePERS has the means to divest, but not the will
Despite a mandate to divest fossil fuel holdings, the body that oversees Maine's public retirement system refuses to take action.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Fort Lauderdale is looking at raising roads to battle rising seas
A controversial road-raising project is already underway in Miami Beach.
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