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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Biden mileage rule to exceed Obama climate goal
Standards haven’t been finalized but by 2026, the mileage standard could be raised as high as to 6%.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Corporate polluters should pay the tab for Maine’s climate damages
The time-honored way to make that happen is through the courts of our state.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Warming rivers in U.S. West killing fish, imperiling industry
The paltry catch has led to exorbitant prices, with customers saying they can’t afford $35 per pound and fishermen considering packing it in.
Posted inNation & World
Western wildfires grow, but better weather helps crews
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles — over half the size of Rhode Island.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Yellen: U.S. regulators to assess risk posed by climate change
The Financial Stability Oversight Council will examine what should be done to improve current regulations on climate-related financial disclosures.
Posted inNation & World
Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West
As one fire grows in northern California another knocks out power lines in southern Oregon, prompting calls to reduce power consumption. Meanwhile, two firefighters are dead in Arizona.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden
For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The climate time bomb keeps ticking more loudly
As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
Posted inNation & World
Medical examiners continue to tally the dead from Northwest heat wave
Hundreds of deaths were being investigated as heat related in Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.