Fox’s ‘The Last Winter’ traces wildfires, vanishing snow and our warming planet, with stops in Switzerland, Greenland and elsewhere. The news is grim.
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Hannaford’s goal: Use only renewable power by 2024
To meet its goal, it’ll need a multi-pronged approach, buying renewable energy and employing a host of strategies to reduce demand.
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Storms batter aging power grid, including Maine’s, as climate disasters spread
As with much of the nation, Maine’s electrical infrastructure was built decades ago and parts are more than 50 years old, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Another winter of scant snow and temperature swings in southern Maine
Snowfall was well below average this winter and what fell didn’t last, continuing a trend that is expected to continue because of global climate change.
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The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report shows
Whether humanity can change course after decades of inaction is largely a question of collective resolve, according to the latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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WHO says 99% of the world breathes poor-quality air
WHO said 99% of the global population breathes air that is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease.
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McDonald’s linked to deforestation of Amazon, report says
In its report, Reporter Brasil reviewed several cases in which beef from illegally cleared ranches was shuffled between farms to hide its true origin, then shipped to slaughterhouses owned by companies that supply McDonald’s.
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2021 was the Gulf of Maine’s warmest year on record, scientists report
Average sea surface temperatures were 4.2 degrees above the long-term averages from before 2012, when ocean ‘heat waves’ became commonplace, continuing changes in the gulf ecosystem.
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War shakes Europe path to energy independence, climate goals
Europe’s most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change before Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Climate warming deals yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef
The reef is experiencing its sixth massive bleaching event; reef managers confirmed Friday that aerial surveys detected catastrophic bleaching on 60 percent of the reef’s corals.