From moose to farmers to lobsters, the state is seeing the effects of a warming planet.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
The climate crisis hits home in Central and Western Maine
WILTON — From moose to mud to maple syrup, the climate crisis is hitting home in Maine with an ever-greater impact. For 66-year-old Russell Black, a third-generation farmer and a Republican state senator from Wilton, it’s something with which he’s reluctantly learning to live. “It just isn’t the way it used to be,” Black said […]
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‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action
Hundreds of thousands turn out for marches, rallies and demonstrations from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Watch: Gov. Mills addresses U.N. on Maine’s climate change plans
She will be Maine’s first sitting governor to speak before the international body’s General Assembly.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Crowd of 2,000 in Portland joins worldwide call for action at student-led ‘climate strike’
The rally and similar events in Maine and around the world are part of a movement led by young people decrying inaction on what they see as a crisis.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Mills names members of new Maine council on climate change
The 39-member panel will advise the state on meeting ambitious goals laid out by the governor and endorsed by the Legislature.
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‘We’re losing the race’: UN secretary general calls climate change an ’emergency’
A CBS News poll released on 15 September found that 69% of Americans want the next president to take action, while 53% say such action is needed “right now”.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s leverage the tools the Founders gave us to fight climate change
HR 763 – which would put a fee on carbon and return the proceeds to American households – is an idea whose time has come.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, News
As Maine’s climate warms, what’s on the menu likely will change
Chefs and scientists offer opinions on what we’ll be eating in 50 years.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
‘Like a sunburn on your lungs’: How does the climate crisis impact health?
Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat – but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine.