Human evolution may prevent us from solving climate change, UMaine study finds

A new study by an international team led by evolutionary biologist Tim Waring says that humans are good at extracting resources from the Earth but struggle to cooperate on a scale necessary to fight worldwide environmental threats.

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.

DEP official: Board to consider EV rules even as it urges Legislature to revise regulations

The Board of Environmental Protection delayed a vote on the rules this month, angering climate advocates who say Maine needs to act soon to limit gas-powered cars with their tailpipe emissions.

Maine board wants to hand decision on electric vehicle mandate to Legislature

If lawmakers step in, it will further delay a policy that environmental groups had hoped would already have been decided.

Plant-based food gets seat at U.N. climate summit’s table

White Christmas is becoming more of a dream than a reality in Maine

The state's winters are getting warmer and wetter, and there'll be no white Christmas this year, again.

State environmental board postpones meeting to consider electric vehicle mandates

The massive storm that tore through the state has forced a Maine environmental board to postpone a Thursday meeting that was to consider electric vehicle sales mandates.

Monday’s powerful storm latest example of bad weather made worse by climate change

The unseasonably warm weather that Maine is experiencing due to an increase in heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere gave the wet winter storm its powerful punch, scientists say.

More climate disasters are forcing millions of Americans to move, researchers say

In the U.S., the frequency of disasters causing at least $1 billion in damages has gone from roughly 3 a year during the 1980s to an annual average of 17.8 over the period from 2018 to 2022.

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.