What to do? Apply cold weather cooking methods, such as roasting and braising, to summery produce.
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Threatened by climate change, a California winemaker switches to carbon farming
Robin Lail hopes more vineyards join her.
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Maine’s senators push for new diplomatic post to focus on Arctic issues
Angus King and Susan Collins seek new State Department job to elevate issues that may help Maine in a warming world
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Beef industry tries to erase its emissions with fuzzy methane math
In the U.S., ranches, farms and feedyards generate about 243 million tons of heat-trapping gases annually – more than five times as much as an equivalent amount of pork or chicken.
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Biden focuses on climate and families in trimmed $2 trillion plan
The president met privately into the evening with centrist and progressive lawmakers in separate groups as Democrats appeared ready to abandon a $3.5 trillion package for a smaller, more workable proposal that can win passage.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Support Green Climate Society in Yarmouth
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster during the past three months. On top of that, 64% live in places that experienced a multi-day heat wave, according to analysis by the Washington Post. At least 388 people in the United States have died due to hurricanes, floods, heat […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Forum: Infrastucture package would help oysters by mitigating climate change
As a shellfish farmer on Chebeague Island, I have the incredible joy of spending my days on the water, growing young oysters into beautiful, briny bivalves that are a celebrated part of coastal living. It makes me proud that I can serve my community by providing such a great product and good local jobs, and […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Letter: The fallacy of climate change
Global warming has been going on beginning some 18,000 or 12,000 years ago, depending on what planetary researchers you believe, if at all, when the last ice age began to recede. Actually, this process was present before the last ice age and is responsible for all fossil fuels, which is why we have oil in […]
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Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action
Environmentalists worry that the upcoming U.N. climate change summit will produce policies that don’t do enough to slash carbon emissions and slow the warming of the planet.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
The company says the new policy will also apply to YouTube, which last week announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation.