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PublishedOctober 15, 2022
Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state's role as a leader in fighting climate change.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Effects of climate change underlie CMP rate hike request
Everyone wants a stronger grid. But can beleaguered customers afford it now?
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2022
Patagonia founder gives away the company: ‘Earth is now our only shareholder’
Ownership of the company, founded in 1973 and reportedly valued at about $3 billion, has been transferred to a trust created to protect the firm’s values, as well as a nonprofit organization.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
A ‘doomsday glacier’ the size of Florida is disintegrating faster than thought
A large glacier in Antarctica that could raise sea levels by several feet is disintegrating faster than last predicted, according to a new study published Monday in the journal in Nature Geoscience.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Maine’s not rushing to follow California’s electric car mandate
Gov. Janet Mills says she is not inclined to mandate a shift to electric vehicles the way California is, and advocates in Maine say that makes sense given challenges such as cost and availability.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Greenland ice sheet on track to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds
If the sea level along the U.S. coasts rose by an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, the most destructive floods would take place 5 times as often, and moderate floods would become 10 times as frequent, a recent study found.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
California looks to phase out gas-fueled vehicles by 2035
Approval of the groundbreaking policy is expected and will trigger a ripple effect throughout the auto industry and across the country.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Think Maine was hot this summer? Just wait
New study predicts twice as many hot summer days in Maine by 2053.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Biden signs sweeping climate, health bill, says ‘American people won’
The bill's passage marks one of the most successful legislative efforts by Democrats this session. It aims to tamp down inflation, lower prescription drug prices, tackle climate change, reduce the deficit and impose a minimum tax on profits of the largest corporations.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Electric boats poised to make waves on Maine coast
Battery-powered outboards are seen as a first step in 'electrifying' the working waterfront. Are pleasure boats next?
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