Summit’s abandoned midcoast pipeline expansion was the one viable way to lower emissions from the region’s larger energy users.
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Maine Voices: ‘Carbon cash-back’ offers families a gift as we strive to reach net zero
The plan would charge companies for every ton of greenhouse gas they emit, sending it back to U.S. households as a monthly check.
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Winners of $20 million contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
Elon Musk has also pledged $100 million for researchers who can show how to take huge volumes of carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere and store it permanently.
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Commentary: Good news for the planet – protecting public lands and making electric vehicles
It bodes well for our chances of reaching net-zero emissions that President Biden is discouraging oil and gas extraction and GM is committing itself to electric cars.
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Maine Voices: ‘Blue carbon’ coastal ecosystems provide important path to a green future
The tens of thousands of acres of salt marshes and eelgrass meadows in Maine are serving a vital function in mitigating climate change.
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Another View: Automakers backed Trump’s clean-car rollback – Biden shouldn’t bend to their wishes now
Carmakers’ support for the relaxation of vehicle standards delayed the U.S. fight to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Maine Voices: When it comes to fighting climate change, what does ‘bold’ look like?
An innovative policy calls for the government to charge companies for every ton of greenhouse gas they emit, then immediately send it back to Americans as a check.
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Commentary: Biden climate regulation is about to get tougher
By preparing to raise a key metric called the ‘social cost of carbon,’ the president signals that more stringent emissions rules are just around the corner.
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Maine Voices: Soaring on ‘wings like eagles’ as we confront climate crisis
A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
South Portland hires first ‘sustainable transportation’ staffer
The city says a third of its greenhouse gas emissions are related to transportation, and that the new hire signifies its commitment to fighting climate change.