From moose to farmers to lobsters, the state is seeing the effects of a warming planet.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Climate change comes to your own backyard
What should you do to keep your plants healthy and thriving despite the heat and extremes?
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Can we plant our way to a cooler climate?
Reforesting an area equal in size to the United States may be the best way to remove carbon that’s been building up in the atmosphere during the industrial age.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Birds are dying, and that’s a wake-up call for us
If the loss of 2.9 billion birds over the last 50 years doesn’t shock you, maybe it’s time for a walk in the woods.
Posted inNation & World
Youth leaders gather at U.N. to demand bold action on climate change
Activists want money to help poorer nations adapt to rising temperatures and provide green energy.
Posted inNation & World
Marine heat wave dubbed ‘Blob’ resurges in Pacific; mass deaths of sea life feared
Hawaii is seeing the most serious effects, with coral bleaching damaging the reefs.
Posted inNation & World, News
‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action
Hundreds of thousands turn out for marches, rallies and demonstrations from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York.
Posted inLocal & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Crowd of 2,000 in Portland joins worldwide call for action at student-led ‘climate strike’
The rally and similar events in Maine and around the world are part of a movement led by young people decrying inaction on what they see as a crisis.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Fed up with inaction on climate change, young Mainers are ‘taking control of their futures’
Student-led ‘climate strikes’ happening Friday in Maine and across the U.S. are part of a growing movement to push elected leaders to bring about change.