He chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change panel from 2002 until he resigned in 2015.
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Maine Voices: Downtown Portland driving ban could help reduce state’s carbon footprint
Cutting transportation-related emissions would also involve shuttles to parking garages and incentives to buy electric vehicles.
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High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
The Great Lakes are bursting at the seams less than a decade after bottoming out, a sharp turnabout fueled by the region’s wettest period in more than a century that scientists say is likely connected to the warming climate.
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Maine Voices: On climate change, Portland says one thing and does another
The approval of the massive mixed-use 58 Fore St. project is the latest decision at odds with the city’s pledges to work toward a low-carbon economy.
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The world’s ocean waters are moving faster – another consequence of climate change
However, in the North Atlantic region, where cold seawater is a factor, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is moving slower.
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Jane Fonda brings climate change protests to Los Angeles
Her four months of weekly protests in the nation’s capital, called Fire Drill Fridays, came to an end in January.
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Maine Gardener: And you think you hate weeding now?
Get ready. Climate change means the weeds will be stronger and more plentiful.
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Maine Voices: Tipping point on climate action likely to be later rather than sooner
History shows that in most cases, a destructive human activity is halted only after great harm has already been done.
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The Maine Millennial: A modest proposal to fight climate change
Sweaters, horses and art might help change people’s habits when it comes to burning fossil fuels.
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Climate activist Thunberg dismisses Treasury secretary’s mockery
Mnuchin had a day earlier dismissed Thunberg’s suggestion that governments and companies cut back dramatically on fossil fuels with a condescending barb.