In a video speech to European leaders, the president declares, ‘This is a global existential crisis, and all of us will suffer if we fail.’
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Climate change remains the greatest crisis of our crisis-filled era
Each of the last seven years has been among the 10 warmest on record. The U.N. warns rightly that we are not doing enough to deal with it.
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Posted inNation & World
Pace of climate change shown in new report has humanity on ‘suicidal’ path, U.N. leader warns
A U.N. State of the Climate report, a product of the World Meteorological Organization and other U.N. agencies, found that the past six years, including 2020, are likely to be the six warmest on record.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nation & World
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets
By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cows’ daily methane emissions by about 33%.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Alarm bells’ continue to ring on climate
While the country’s attention has been on the coronavirus, another crisis has continued to get worse.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We need leadership on climate change
Changing behavior on the local level won’t be enough to do what needs to be done.
Posted inNation & World
The Southwest is locked in the grips of the first human-caused megadrought, study finds
A megadrought that’s more severe than some of the worst droughts of the past 1,200 years is underway in a 10-state region of the Southwest.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political division
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.
Posted inNation & World, News
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79
He chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change panel from 2002 until he resigned in 2015.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: On climate change, Portland says one thing and does another
The approval of the massive mixed-use 58 Fore St. project is the latest decision at odds with the city’s pledges to work toward a low-carbon economy.