climate change
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
On Earth Day, Gov. Mills announces $500,000 grant program for clean-energy startups
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled the competitive grant program on the same day that the Biden administration announced major climate-related goals for the U.S.
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
Our View: The food we throw away is hurting the planet
More than a third of all food produced is thrown away, and it produces greenhouse gases at an alarming rate.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Those who still deny a warming planet grasp for increasingly far-fetched explanations
Instead of focusing on denialism, climate misinformation is getting local, focused on extreme weather events tied to a changing climate.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Biden is convening a global virtual summit as U.S. returns to climate fight
The U.S. is looking to such allies as Japan and Canada to announce their own intensified climate efforts, hoping that will spur China and others to slow building of coal-fired power plants and otherwise chill their smokestacks.
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PublishedApril 19, 2021
Winners of $20 million contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
Elon Musk has also pledged $100 million for researchers who can show how to take huge volumes of carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere and store it permanently.
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PublishedApril 17, 2021
Maine researchers discover ‘forever chemicals,’ other pollutants around summit of Everest
Researchers from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute find toxic elements smudging the world's tallest peak in ways unseen and previously unstudied.
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PublishedApril 17, 2021
Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee’s PUC term ends
The 6-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated to the Maine Public Utilities Commission by then-Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March.
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PublishedApril 16, 2021
Interior secretary revokes Trump-era orders promoting fossil fuels
Deb Haaland also issued a separate directive Friday that prioritizes climate change in agency decisions.
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PublishedApril 14, 2021
New stations offer 24/7 look at health of western, eastern regions of Casco Bay
The continuous monitoring stations will compile data from Cundys Harbor in Harpswell and Portland Harbor.
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PublishedApril 13, 2021
Business leaders urge Biden to set ambitious climate goal
The coalition of energy, tech and consumer giants want U.S. greenhouse gas emissions cut by at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
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