Would the U.S. or Denmark be responsible for cleaning up over 47,000 gallons of Cold War-era radioactive waste?
climate change
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc Thiessen: Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is far from absurd
The United States has a major strategic interest in not allowing new Arctic sea lanes to fall under Russian or Chinese control.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New forest products put Maine on right track
Wood fiber insulation and bridge supports are restoring jobs that were lost to declines in the paper industry.
Posted inNation & World, News
Welcome to Greenland, where glaciers go to die
The future of the earth is being written in fast-melting Greenland.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Landmarks to discuss climate impact survey
PORTLAND — Greater Portland Landmarks is ready to share results of a survey documenting historic resources that are at increased risk due to the impacts of climate change in two vulnerable neighborhoods: Bayside in Portland and Ferry Village in South Portland. Two neighborhood meetings have been scheduled: At 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Peoples […]
Posted inNation & World
Alaska records its warmest month ever; future records likely
The average temperature in July was 58.1 degrees, 5.4 degrees above average and 0.8 degrees higher than the previous warmest month of July 2004, according to NOAA.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We have to work together to protect our common resources
Under carbon fee and dividend, emissions would be subject to an increasing price, with all revenues put back into the economy as a dividend to all families.
Posted inNation & World
NASA scientists fly over Greenland to probe melting ice
They are trying to figure out whether warmer water or warmer air is the bigger cause.
Posted inNation & World
Northeast is among places where extreme climate change has already arrived
Rhode Island is the first state in the Lower 48 whose average temperature rise has eclipsed 2 degrees Celsius, but New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts trail close behind.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News, Politics
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.