Things in Donald Trump’s new book you probably won’t hear at a rally.
climate change
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Reduced river flow alters Casco Bay food web, adds to global warming
Since 1980, Maine DEP has failed advocate for outflows needed to for a healthy ecosystem.
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Posted inNation & World
Urban sprawl, levees blamed in Midwest floods
When we try to tame it, ‘Mother Nature and Old Man River will fight back,’ an emergency official says.
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Maine Voices: Let climate be right for bipartisan effort against global warming
Climate change affects our public health and welfare, and threatens Maine’s nature-based economy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Only on paper has the global thermometer been turned down
Thankfully, the COP21 farce doesn’t have the whole wide world in its hands.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Interactive charts: recent data show uptick in Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions
Maine’s greenhouse gas pollution is generally trending downward, but increasing pollution from motor vehicles – the biggest source of the problem – could wipe out recent gains from renewable energy and more efficient buildings.
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Maine Voices: Effect of freshwater flows on Gulf need to be studied
Storage dams don’t mimic the natural seasonal fluctuations in flow patterns and could be disrupting the delivery of nutrients to the state’s coastal waters.
Posted inNation & World
House Science Committee chairman: Climate study was ‘rushed to publication’
Lamar Smith, R-Texas, presses for access to NOAA’s internal communications about the study that refutes claims of a ‘pause’ in global warming.
Posted inBusiness
Exxon Mobil suspected of hiding research on effects of climate change
New York’s attorney general wants to know if the oil company deceived investors by concealing the risks to its business.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine isn’t doing enough to protect Gulf from effects of climate change
Some say the state needs more funding to collect data, monitor waterways and assess the impact of acidification.