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Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen join Jane Fonda’s final D.C. climate protest

by Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times (TNS) January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Before being led off by cops, Phoenix addressed the crowd and took aim at the meat and dairy industry.

Business, Maine, New England

Avangrid betting big on renewable energy

by Steve Collins January 4, 2020January 4, 2020

In addition to its controversial transmission line project in Maine, the firm is pushing two big wind farms off the coast of Nantucket Island to furnish green power to New England.

Health, Maine, News

Tick-borne illnesses Lyme and anaplasmosis increased in Maine in 2019

by Joe Lawlor January 3, 2020January 2, 2020

Since 2012, the state has had a more-than tenfold increase in cases of anaplasmosis, which has more severe symptoms than Lyme disease.

Business, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Amazon workers clash with company over climate change

by JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer January 2, 2020January 2, 2020

Employees say the company has threatened to fire some workers for publicly pushing the company to do more to combat climate change.

Business, Nation & World

Judge allows California’s shift to energy-saving light bulbs

by DON THOMPSON Associated Press December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

Ruling against a temporary halt, the judge appears to reject an industry lawsuit’s argument that the state rules conflict with federal law.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Compass: Post-Madrid high hopes overshadowed by big polluters’ failure to make real progress

by Richard L. Killmer December 31, 2019December 30, 2019

It is going to require a lot of work o get the world to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Maine, Uncategorized

Could feeding seaweed to cows help fight climate change? Scientists want to find out

by PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press December 29, 2019December 29, 2019

Researchers and farmers in Maine and New England are working on a plan to feed seaweed to cattle in order to gauge whether it will help reduce methane emissions from flatulance.