Just as President Reagan embraced a plan to heal the ozone layer, today’s leaders, including Maine Sens. Collins and King, can take action to limit excessive warming.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine leads on climate response
A commitment to innovation creates an opportunity for the state to have an outsize impact on a global problem.
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Prince Harry says ‘no one can deny science’ on climate
He speaks during a visit to Botswana, the latest stop on his 10-day Africa tour with his family.
Posted inNation & World, News
At U.N., Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate
The climate summit was a centerpiece of this year’s U.N. schedule, but Trump stopped by for about 15 minutes to observe.
Posted inNation & World, News
Teen climate activist tells U.N. leaders ‘you are failing us’
Greta Thunberg chastised leaders for praising young activists while failing to take action to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
Posted inLocal & State
The climate crisis hits home in Maine
From moose to farmers to lobsters, the state is seeing the effects of a warming planet.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Can we plant our way to a cooler climate?
Reforesting an area equal in size to the United States may be the best way to remove carbon that’s been building up in the atmosphere during the industrial age.
Posted inNation & World, News
‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action
Hundreds of thousands turn out for marches, rallies and demonstrations from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Watch: Gov. Mills addresses U.N. on Maine’s climate change plans
She will be Maine’s first sitting governor to speak before the international body’s General Assembly.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Crowd of 2,000 in Portland joins worldwide call for action at student-led ‘climate strike’
The rally and similar events in Maine and around the world are part of a movement led by young people decrying inaction on what they see as a crisis.