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A climate change glossary of terms
Carbon-neutral — Having no net contribution of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Decarbonization — The effort to transition away from activities that release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in favor of alternatives that do not. Greenhouse gas — Any of a variety of gases (carbon dioxide and methane being among the most prominent) that […]
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The climate crisis hits home in Central and Western Maine
WILTON — From moose to mud to maple syrup, the climate crisis is hitting home in Maine with an ever-greater impact. For 66-year-old Russell Black, a third-generation farmer and a Republican state senator from Wilton, it’s something with which he’s reluctantly learning to live. “It just isn’t the way it used to be,” Black said […]
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Watch: Gov. Mills addresses U.N. on Maine’s climate change plans
She will be Maine’s first sitting governor to speak before the international body’s General Assembly.
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Mills names members of new Maine council on climate change
The 39-member panel will advise the state on meeting ambitious goals laid out by the governor and endorsed by the Legislature.
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As Maine’s climate warms, what’s on the menu likely will change
Chefs and scientists offer opinions on what we’ll be eating in 50 years.
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Debate over science of global warming is shifting, smartly, to dialogue about solutions
There are reasons for optimism in the journey to address the accelerating risks of climate change.
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G-20 agrees on trade, migration, U.S. goes own way on climate
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Leaders of the world’s top economies agreed Saturday to repair the global trading system as they closed a Group of 20 summit that saw the Trump administration at odds with many allies over the Paris accord on climate change and issues like migration. The joint statement signed by all 20 […]
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The chances are slim that the world will reverse rising temperatures
An international body of nearly 100 climate scientists convened by the United Nations have issued a stern warning to the rest of the world. Unless governments around the globe undertake “unprecedented” action to reverse it, Earth’s temperatures will soar upwards of 1.5-degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, over preindustrial levels by the end of the […]
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Summer may be getting longer in Gulf of Maine waters
PORTLAND (AP) — Summer is getting longer in the waters off New England, and that could have big ramifications for everything from the strength of storms to the health of fisheries and endangered whales, according to scientists. The scientists, led by Andrew Thomas of the University of Maine, said the warming of the Gulf of […]