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PublishedDecember 13, 2023
State grant program helps central Maine communities meet climate goals
The Community Resilience Partnership was started in December 2020 to assist towns by providing technical and planning assistance and up to $50,000 to fund projects that align with the state’s climate goals to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Maine Compass: A landmark climate resolution is what Maine needs to ring in 2024
The right climate restoration resolution will recognize Maine's environmental obligations and make climate safety a priority for our state.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2023
Climate change has brought more extreme rain, snow to Maine
Sea level rise remains a top concern as the climate warms, but the increasing frequency of outsized precipitation is already having statewide impacts.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Maine regulators signal support for new clean car rules
The Board of Environmental Protection narrowly supports proposed electric car standards, but balks at similar rules for trucks. A final vote won't be taken until after board staff responds to more than a thousand public comments about the proposed rule.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Maine awards $2.4 million in climate grants to 53 communities
The funding was announced at a meeting of the Maine Climate Council, which is resuming its work amid growing urgency to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for warming impacts.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2023
Research at Baxter seeks to identify plants that will adapt to global warming
Scientists say sediment taken from below Chimney Pond, and other Alpine lakes in the Northeast, will yield a fossil record of the plants – those that have died out and those that have survived – since the last ice age.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2023
UMaine professor’s computer model tells the story of Earth’s changing climate
Recent news coverage of the planet's record-breaking heat wave relied on the online climate visualization tool developed Sean Birkel, who is also the state climatologist.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Maine’s salt marshes play key role in fight against climate change, new report says
The state has at least 84 square miles of blue carbon reservoirs, which store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the soil and vegetation. That much carbon is equal to the annual emissions of 1.25 million passenger cars.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Maine businesses brainstorm how to deal with climate change as an economic issue
Over 400 businesspeople and 60 presenters gathered in Augusta to share perspectives and practices on dealing with Earth's warming.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
Ready to rev an electric vehicle? Maine buyers are running into roadblocks
It's not just how hard it is to find an EV amid pent-up demand; there's also tight financing and a web of complex tax credits.
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