Companies will have to disclose climate risks that could harm their operations or financial conditions, such as those caused by rising sea levels, hurricanes, droughts, or wildfires.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don’t sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.
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Posted inLocal & State
$1.6 million on the line for Wiscasset in dispute over nuclear waste facility
A state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located. For Wiscasset, the price tag could be in the millions.
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: Tidal wave of ocean plastic
The United Nations Environment Program had another meeting June 5 on implementing solutions to rapidly rising plastic garbage pollution in lakes, rivers and oceans worldwide. Plastic was first produced in 1950 from oil and has risen to 460 million tons per year by 2019, with higher amounts in high-income countries. Europe has banned production of […]
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick officials float Maquoit Bay pollution study
The Town Council established a task force to organize a water-quality study of Maquoit Bay.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mainers being wrongly blinded by the light
Let there be … darkness.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. agency examines secret pollution source in 40 million homes: Gas stoves
According to one study, children living in a household with gas stoves have a 42% increased likelihood of already having asthma and a 24% increased risk of developing asthma at some point in their lifetime.
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
Mainers warned not to eat PFAS-contaminated freshwater fish
The advisories are based on new Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention consumption advice for different levels of PFAS, so-called ‘forever chemicals.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Potholes, road salt and climate change: Warmer Maine winters raise new concerns
Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.