Editor’s note: Sustainably Speaking is a new monthly column written by members of the Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board that addresses ways to combat climate change and other environmental challenges. This time of year 15 years ago, my husband and I would have been suiting up in our snowshoes to walk out, across the bay, to […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Study shows it’s time to stop cooking with gas
Gas burners fulfill a primal urge, but they are bad for the climate and indoor air quality and need to be phased out.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Blume: Climate education bill will meet needs of underserved Maine students, schools
All young Mainers need the tools to live, work and succeed on a rapidly warming planet.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The most important decision all of us can make, now and later? Adapt.
If we’re serious about not letting climate change and global pandemics sink civilization, then we must work toward solutions rather than creating obstacles.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Judge throws out Biden administration’s massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale
The ruling cites a flawed environmental analysis that miscalculated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with future oil and gas drilling in the gulf.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine school climate grants could backfire
Unless it’s carefully crafted, the program could reinforce existing inequities among the state’s school districts.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Teachers asking state lawmakers for climate education training
A bill to establish a $3 million training grant program drew praise from teachers and students, but a tepid response from the Maine Principals’ Association.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Alan Caron: Why businesses must step up and lead on climate change
We can’t meet our state’s ambitious climate goals without determined action by the thousands of companies, large and small, in Maine.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: U.S. Supreme Court could cripple climate policy
In its opinions in the vaccine mandate cases, the Republican majority is claiming a major role for itself in quashing regulation.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Magic 8-Ball only predicts Balentine’s bias
The opinion piece published in the Dec. 31, 2021, Forecaster by John Balentine (“Magic 8-Ball illuminates clues to 2022”) was a sophomoric attempt to present his opinions as impartial. His bias comes through, however, in how he presents the questions (I notice he didn’t ask the 8-Ball “Will Trump and his conservative allies ever admit […]