The proportion of electricity that the United States gets from solar and wind nearly quadrupled from 2011 to 2020.
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Despite pledges at COP26, world likely on track to warm 2.5 degrees Celsius, U.N. report says
In a preliminary analysis released Tuesday, researchers found a massive gap between countries’ long-term promises to zero out carbon emissions and the official, short-term plans they have submitted to U.N. officials.
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Commentary: Tech startups could close greenwashing loopholes
Better carbon accounting tools will make it possible to see which companies are truly green.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Developers of former South Portland Shipyard focus on sustainability
Owners of the prime 30-acre coastal site have hired a world-renowned sustainability expert to help them shape its redevelopment.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Film has much to teach about small steps leading to big gains
I just watched a documentary called “1833: The Year Britain Abolished Slavery,” about the end of slavery in the British empire circa 1807-1833 or, more specifically, between the ban on the transatlantic shipping of Africans to British plantations in the Caribbean in 1807 to the actual emancipation of said Africans in 1833. The interim, 26 […]
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Maine Voices: Land trusts are part of the fight against climate change
Undeveloped land is ‘natural infrastructure’ that prevents flooding and other impacts of increasingly common severe weather events.
Posted inNation & World
More than 20 countries at climate summit promise to end financing for fossil fuel projects
The pledge comes just a day after even more nations agreed to restrict public financing for coal power.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Investors bet big on climate fight, but motives questioned
There is a growing consensus that the private sector must be involved if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming.
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Biden claims historic progress on climate efforts at summit
But the president has yet to deliver on his own commitments as coal-state U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has again threatened Biden’s domestic effort.
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U.S. says oil, gas sales damage climate – but won’t stop them
Bureau of Land Management officials say they can’t do much to prevent impacts, in part because they can’t discern the significance of emissions from government-owned fuel reserves versus other sources.