Legislators are considering whether to bolster the corps’ ranks with $3.7 million to pay for four leadership positions and 50 participants.
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Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s, study says
Exxon-funded research didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying but forecasted the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists.
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‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leader
‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.
Posted inNation & World
Treaty against fossil fuels floated at U.N. climate summit
Vulnerable nations have also called for a global tax on fossil fuel companies who are benefitting from exorbitant energy prices.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.
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Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s
The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
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Mills administration pledges $15 million to improve public building efficiency
A new initiative aims to help public schools, municipalities and tribal governments make energy efficiency improvements and reduce their costs.
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Cruise liners try to rewrite climate rules despite vows
The massive ships produce more carbon dioxide on average than any other kind of ship due to their air conditioning, heated pools and other amenities.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role
Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress can’t surrender in climate fight
One senator should not be able to stop legislation that’s so vital to our future.