Global warming
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PublishedOctober 5, 2020
Exxon’s plan for surging carbon emissions revealed in leaked documents
Internal projections from one of world's largest oil producers show an increase in its enormous contribution to global warming.
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
Fight global warming – plant a tree
The South Portland Land Trust will be giving away 1,000 white cedar seedlings in hopes that the public will plant them around the city.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2019
A chronicle – in words and pictures – of life above the Arctic Circle
Though Greenland is imperiled by climate change, nature photographer and Maine resident Wilfred Richard finds hope in the resilience of the people of Uummannaq.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Could these crops help save us from climate change?
Perennial grains come up year after year of their own accord and actually add organic matter, including carbon, to the soil.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2019
Climate study: In 60 years, Portland will feel like current-day Baltimore
A Maryland researcher tries to explain climate change by calculating the average temperatures in 540 U.S. and Canadian cities in 2080.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2019
McConnell plans vote on Green New Deal to put political pressure on Democrats
The Senate majority leader wants lawmakers on the record about the climate change package, hoping it will alienate their moderate constituents.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Brazilian leader Bolsonaro quells fears, pledges to cut carbon emissions
The environment dominates talks at the World Economic Forum.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2019
Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times
With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2018
Portland man mining climate change for laughs – and action
Eco-cleaner and aspiring comic Jason Wentworth was living a so-called sustainable life – until he realized he wasn't.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Letter to the editor: Climate change demands a lifestyle change
Humankind must make enormous sacrifices to fight the crisis, from traveling less to forgoing food made from animals.