Yet another scorching summer has brought more unmistakable reminders that climate change is intensifying and altering everyday life. What will it take for leaders to finally act?
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Posted inNation & World
In America’s least air-conditioned cities, brutal heat changes some people’s minds
Is life without AC – a point of pride in Seattle, Portland and the Northwest – coming to an end?
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Posted inNation & World
Western wildfires grow, but better weather helps crews
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles — over half the size of Rhode Island.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: A greener future could be our lot in life
What a strange, strange summer! Several record-breaking heat waves followed by a downright chilly Fourth of July. Strange. Out west, roads are buckling and berries are literally cooking while still on the bush. Drought, health warnings, wildfires, crops dying. Climate change is no longer a looming threat. It’s here. According to Climate Central, “By 2050, […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Yellen: U.S. regulators to assess risk posed by climate change
The Financial Stability Oversight Council will examine what should be done to improve current regulations on climate-related financial disclosures.
Posted inNation & World
Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West
As one fire grows in northern California another knocks out power lines in southern Oregon, prompting calls to reduce power consumption. Meanwhile, two firefighters are dead in Arizona.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs to better prepare for changing climate – and we can’t do it alone
Our congressional delegation should press for approval of federal funding that will protect Mainers who live and make their livelihood by the rising seas.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden
For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The climate time bomb keeps ticking more loudly
As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
Posted inNation & World
Medical examiners continue to tally the dead from Northwest heat wave
Hundreds of deaths were being investigated as heat related in Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.