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climate change

Published
October 9, 2018

Maine Voices: Reject CMP power line because Hydro-Quebec facilities damage ecosystem

Wintertime discharges from the company's dam reservoirs are warming the Gulf of Maine, starving its fisheries and may be a key factor in the decline of Arctic sea ice.
Published
October 7, 2018

This is a job for – cue epic theme song – garden superheroes!

Gardeners who sign on for assisted migration could save plant species from extinction.
Published
October 4, 2018

Wind power can raise global temperatures, Harvard study finds

While researchers point to short-term detrimental effects to the environment, they maintain that wind is preferable to fossil fuels in the long run.
Published
October 4, 2018

Obama’s EPA chief rallies Portland audience

Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator, told a crowd of several hundred that President Trump cannot easily unravel regulations developed over the course of decades.
Published
September 28, 2018

Global temperatures will rise 7 degrees by next century

The White House is arguing that since the planet's fate is already sealed, efforts to fight climate change would do little.

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Published
September 28, 2018

Commentary: How we’re making climate change even more expensive

It's not just the potential disruptions to weather systems, agriculture and coastal cities; it's that we may respond to those problems in stupid and destructive ways.
Published
September 11, 2018

Rep. Pingree: Congress must face the unassailable reality of climate change

With the help of allies on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration is refusing to stand up for science.
Published
August 31, 2018

Letter to the editor: Climate change does occur slowly – until human actions overpower nature

To say a vast majority of people won't be affected by warming overlooks recent distressing events and hampers recognition of the dangers we face.
Published
August 30, 2018

Waters off New England headed for one of the hottest summers in history

An analysis by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute finds that during one 10-day stretch in August the sea surface temperature was nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit above the long-term average.
Published
August 26, 2018

Chance meeting at Harpswell tidepool set Meredith White on a career path

Now she's running research and development for Mook Sea Farm.