With all the floods, hurricanes, record heat and wildfires, do you know how Maine politicians plan to slow climate change?
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Sobering new U.N. report validates climate science, economics
A price on carbon and an internationally coordinated and enforceable effort are surely the way forward.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: U.N. climate report is our Pearl Harbor moment
The politics of division won’t work to fight a threat like global warming.
Posted inGrow, Source
Here’s why October is ideal for planting trees, shrubs
For one, temperatures are lower.
Posted inSource
The quest to bring back the New England cottontail
The effort includes some R&R: restoration (of habitat) and romance (in the form of potential mates).
Posted inMeet, Source
Kristin Rocha holds yard sale featuring goods from over 60 Maine makers, retailers
Rocha wants to raise money for a group working to reunite immigrant families separated by the U.S. government.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes, Source
Make your own apple cider vinegar
Or buy it locally, made from Maine apples.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Lobster industry blasts proposed regulations intended to protect whales
Officials say scientific data doesn’t support the proposals.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Defenders of endangered right whales pursue limits on aquaculture
The threat of entanglements extends beyond the lobster industry, say advocates, pointing to Maine’s rapidly growing farmed-fisheries sector.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Proposals to save right whales could drastically change lobstering
Regulators will meet next week to consider actions to preserve the threatened species, including a one-month closure of fishing zones and outlawing certain gear.