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‘If you can reach it, people have tried to manipulate it.’
So says a fisheries expert about the many dramatic changes in Maine’s fisheries over two centuries.
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Posted inLocal & State
As waters warm, risk of whales being struck by ships rises
Ship strikes involving rare North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and giant blue whales on the West Coast have already increased, scientists say.
Posted inOutdoors
Maine’s lands and waters 200 years later? Very different
The state’s lumber industry and global climate change have both had significant impact on Maine’s environment.
Posted inNation & World
Senate energy bill falls apart amid dispute over coolants
Some legislators say a phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, a major contributor to global warming, would add new federal rules on top of current state rules.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political division
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.
Posted inNation & World
High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
The Great Lakes are bursting at the seams less than a decade after bottoming out, a sharp turnabout fueled by the region’s wettest period in more than a century that scientists say is likely connected to the warming climate.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Jane Fonda brings climate change protests to Los Angeles
Her four months of weekly protests in the nation’s capital, called Fire Drill Fridays, came to an end in January.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Tipping point on climate action likely to be later rather than sooner
History shows that in most cases, a destructive human activity is halted only after great harm has already been done.
Posted inNation & World, News
Climate activist Thunberg dismisses Treasury secretary’s mockery
Mnuchin had a day earlier dismissed Thunberg’s suggestion that governments and companies cut back dramatically on fossil fuels with a condescending barb.