Daily and monthly high temperature records are in jeopardy this week. The cold front will bring rain and noticeably cooler conditions for the middle and end of the week.
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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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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
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.
Posted inFood, Source
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.
Posted inNation & World, News, Science
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Brazilian leader Bolsonaro quells fears, pledges to cut carbon emissions
The environment dominates talks at the World Economic Forum.
Posted inFood
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Source
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.