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PublishedAugust 4, 2023
Maine Voices: A trip to Fiji, where climate change is very real
On my visit to the South Pacific island nation, I witnessed the anger and fear Fijians feel regarding a crisis they have not caused.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2023
Maine Voices: What can we, as citizens, do to help save the planet?
Keep telling our lawmakers that they need to support renewable energy, an updating of our electric grid and the end of government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Insight: Where’s our Pearl Harbor moment on climate change?
In 15 years, we could turn all this horror around. But we have to step off our complacent path, stop burning fossil fuels and start making moderate sacrifices.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2022
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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PublishedSeptember 28, 2022
Record greenhouse gas leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
DEP says Maine is ahead of schedule to meet climate change goal
A Department of Environmental Protection report says Maine's greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were 25% lower than levels measured in 1990, surpassing the medium-term goal of a 10% reduction by 2020.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Our View: Study shows it’s time to stop cooking with gas
Gas burners fulfill a primal urge, but they are bad for the climate and indoor air quality and need to be phased out.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2021
Maine’s electric vehicle transition a costly proposition, report says
Public funding for new vehicle incentives and charging stations to meet Maine's climate goals is projected to fall short by more than $100 million, according to the state-commissioned report.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Coming off climate talks, U.S. to hold huge crude sale in Gulf
President Biden campaigned on vows to end drilling on public land and waters, but the leases mean production could go past 2030, when scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2021
Commentary: Was the climate change conference in Glasgow a success?
It accomplished a lot, though the national goals don’t cut emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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