One of the warmest winters on record is awakening an early spring, which has consequences for plants and wildlife.
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Last year was second warmest on record in Gulf of Maine
The average sea surface temperature in 2022 fell short by less than half a degree of setting a new mark for the hottest year, according to Portland-based researchers.
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Efficiency Maine may add electric bikes to its rebate program
Boosters say more e-bikes will help Maine meet climate action goals and help Mainers get around.
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Push made for full funding for Maine Climate Corps
Legislators are considering whether to bolster the corps’ ranks with $3.7 million to pay for four leadership positions and 50 participants.
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Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s, study says
Exxon-funded research didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying but forecasted the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists.
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Climate conference serves up lab-grown meat – and a clash over food
It was just one solution for reducing the food industry’s immense carbon footprint being promoted this week at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
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‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leader
‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.
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Treaty against fossil fuels floated at U.N. climate summit
Vulnerable nations have also called for a global tax on fossil fuel companies who are benefitting from exorbitant energy prices.
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Environmentalists slam corporate influence at U.N. climate talks
Egyptian organizers have hired a public relations firm that has represented oil giants to manage communications for the COP27 negotiations, according to emails and other materials reviewed by The Climate 202.
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U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.