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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: Can connection help us to overcome climate change?
‘All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis’ weaves together poetry, essay and activism – and offers hope.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine Climate Council releases draft of climate change action plan
Gov. Janet Mills will reveal the details of the final plan during a virtual public event on Dec. 1.
Posted inNation & World
Biden to embed climate-change action throughout federal agencies
The president-elect’s 300-page blueprint lays out a holistic approach to climate while avoiding some of the pitfalls that hampered President Obama.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine climate scientist to join Biden’s transition team
David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, is named to the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Ambitious climate plan put into motion in Portland
The One Climate Future plan, created in partnership with South Portland, lays out strategies to confront climate change over the next 30 years.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
UN envoy lays out strategy for financing climate battle
He says companies need to disclose their efforts to combat rising temperatures.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Record warmth to start the week, rain returns on Wednesday
Daily and monthly high temperature records are in jeopardy this week. The cold front will bring rain and noticeably cooler conditions for the middle and end of the week.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. formally exits Paris pact that aims to curb climate change
The move, long threatened by President Trump and triggered by his administration a year ago, further isolates Washington in the world.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick adds propane-powered buses to school bus fleet
Volkswagen funded 80% of each bus as part of a settlement in which the company agreed to pay $14.7 billion nationally toward pollution mitigation after an emissions-cheating scandal dating back to 2015.