Keep telling our lawmakers that they need to support renewable energy, an updating of our electric grid and the end of government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Where’s our Pearl Harbor moment on climate change?
In 15 years, we could turn all this horror around. But we have to step off our complacent path, stop burning fossil fuels and start making moderate sacrifices.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: How your gas stove was drafted into the culture wars
The rumor was simply too tantalizing to be encumbered by anything as quaint and tiresome as facts.
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: How to reduce your carbon footprint
Most of the world’s nations are meeting this week in Egypt for the COP27 (Council of Parties) annual international Climate Conference to negotiate the steps each nation must take to lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow the rapid rate of Earth’s warming. Former Vice President Al Gore spoke passionately of the opportunity African nations have […]
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Record greenhouse gas leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
DEP says Maine is ahead of schedule to meet climate change goal
A Department of Environmental Protection report says Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were 25% lower than levels measured in 1990, surpassing the medium-term goal of a 10% reduction by 2020.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Stop fossil fuel leasing on America’s public lands
This step – which President Biden could take at any time – will help prevent climate disaster and improve the health of our planet and our communities.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: A price on carbon would fight climate change
We can speed up the transition to renewable energy by making fossil fuels less attractive.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Study shows it’s time to stop cooking with gas
Gas burners fulfill a primal urge, but they are bad for the climate and indoor air quality and need to be phased out.