The Senate majority leader wants lawmakers on the record about the climate change package, hoping it will alienate their moderate constituents.
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Brazilian leader Bolsonaro quells fears, pledges to cut carbon emissions
The environment dominates talks at the World Economic Forum.
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Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times
With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.
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Portland man mining climate change for laughs – and action
Eco-cleaner and aspiring comic Jason Wentworth was living a so-called sustainable life – until he realized he wasn’t.
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Candy producer Mars turns to science to keep chocolate flowing amid climate change
The company has hired a biotech firm to outfit it with computing tools to help develop more resilient cacao trees, which produce the beans used to make chocolate.
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Green movement grows brighter on campuses in Maine
Colleges take on climate change with environmentally smart new buildings.
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Trouble brewing: Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer
Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, resulting in soaring beer prices, in the future, scientists say.
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Nations reaffirm deal on climate, despite unclear U.S. support
Whether Donald Trump will keep his country’s vow to reduce emissions looms over negotiations.
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Is Portland, or any place, a place to avoid climate change? That’s a dream
The New York Times wrongly depicts our city and others as safe havens from the impacts of polluting the planet.
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Green home design takes off in Maine
And there’s nothing passive about Chris Corson’s passion for Passive Houses.