One senator should not be able to stop legislation that’s so vital to our future.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers
A powerful storm system blew through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt tornado warnings.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Letter: Carbon tax should be national, not state-specific
Thank you for including my opinion piece on the effectiveness of a national carbon fee and dividend, over energy subsidies (“State carbon tax more efficient route to clean air,” Nov. 18). Alas, your headline erroneously cast it as a “state carbon tax,” which I do not advocate. A state carbon tax indeed would be problematic […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s past time to see climate change education for the urgent need it is
With the Maine Legislative Council’s support Nov. 18, the full Legislature can consider advancing this key priority.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Progress on climate policy is slowly taking shape
At an international conference or in Washington, progress is being made, if too slowly.
Posted inNation & World
Climate talks back off from call to end all fossil fuel use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.
Posted inNation & World
U.N. chief says global warming goal is on ‘life support’
Guterres said the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, set to end Friday, will ‘very probably’ not yield the carbon-cutting pledges he has said are needed to keep the planet from warming beyond the 1.5-degree threshold.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our Endorsement: Vote ‘no’ on Question 1 to fight climate change
If we are going to decarbonize the energy economy, Maine is going to need infrastructure projects like the proposed transmission line.
Posted inNation & World
People around the world increasingly see climate change as a personal threat
The two largest greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China, get low marks from other countries for their climate policies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: No going back on climate change
A new U.N. report says we are running out of time to keep the world from overheating.