U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.
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Environmental groups sue Maine, claiming state has failed to comply with climate law
Environmentalists say that in 5 years, regulators have adopted only 2 rules aimed at Maine’s Climate Law’s requirements, and not a single rule to scale back pollution from tailpipe emissions.
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Biden administration awards $123 million in grants to shore up communities against climate change
Scarborough, Brunswick and Wells are among the communities in Maine that will get funding to conserve areas affected by climate change.
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New study calculates climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049
The world’s poorest countries will suffer 61% bigger income loss than the richest ones, the study calculated.
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Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest
Some deaths occurred when lightning struck farmers harvesting wheat.
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Acadia to receive $1 million for ecosystem restoration, climate change projects
The park says it will use a 2-eyed seeing approach, which is the practice of integrating indigenous knowledge with Western science.
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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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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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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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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.