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PublishedMay 29, 2023
New wood heat options come with climate trade-offs
Maine’s forests are crucial to both absorbing carbon emissions and providing alternatives to high oil costs.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water
By a 5-4 vote, the justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water, writing that wetlands can only be regulated if they have a 'continuous surface connection' to larger, regulated bodies of water.
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PublishedMay 23, 2023
Commentary: The climate crisis is Maine’s storm of the century
But with the Mills administration’s four-year climate plan and much-needed support at the federal level, we’re ready to meet this moment.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses over last 50 years, UN says
The World Meteorological Organization said most of the economic damage between 1970 and 2021 came in the U.S. – totaling $1.7 trillion – but 9 in 10 deaths worldwide took place in developing countries.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts
Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the Colorado River over the next 3 years.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Maine businesses brainstorm how to deal with climate change as an economic issue
Over 400 businesspeople and 60 presenters gathered in Augusta to share perspectives and practices on dealing with Earth's warming.
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PublishedMay 17, 2023
The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
The United Nations' weather agency says there's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
In major climate step, EPA proposes first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
A new rule could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.
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PublishedMay 7, 2023
Maine rivers face increasing flood threat, research shows
The Northeast is seeing some of the biggest changes in rainfall quantity and intensity, according to the National Climate Assessment.
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PublishedMay 3, 2023
Our View: Rainstorm shows how climate change will hit home
More frequent and more intense storms are already a reality. Without meaningful action on climate, they will worsen.
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