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PublishedSeptember 21, 2016
Greenland’s ice loss now seen as more dire
A new estimation technique using GPS finds the annual loss is some 40 trillion pounds more than the current figure.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2016
Take the bus to the Common Ground Fair
Maine Adult Education has organized a lower-carbon way for people to get to the fair and avoid the infamous traffic jam.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2016
Summer months end as warmest on record in Portland
The average temperature of 68.9 degrees was 2 degrees above normal and 0.2 degrees above the previous record, set in 2010 and 1988.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2016
On trip to Greenland, Sen. King finds effect of climate change ‘amazing and scary’
He returns from a three-day fact-finding trip with plan to call for more U.S. icebreakers to clear Arctic trade routes.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2016
Study: Global warming began earlier than scientists first determined
A slight warming can now be tracked to around 1850 in North America, Europe and Asia, rather than the late 1800s.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2016
Climate change makes hurricanes, and predicting them, more challenging, expert says
Kerry Emanuel of MIT suggests a new warning system and policies that account for increases in flooding, among other reforms.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2016
EPA moves to regulate climate-warming airliner pollution
"Addressing pollution from aircraft is an important element of U.S. efforts to address climate change," said Janet McCabe, EPA's acting assistant administrator for air and radiation.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2016
Skip the AC; here’s how to keep yourself – and the planet – cool
If we design and manage buildings for passive cooling and adopt some creative coping strategies, we can beat the heat.
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PublishedMay 20, 2016
India records its highest temperature ever amid heat wave
The 123.8 Fahrenheit comes as several parts of the country endure a drought brought on by two years of weak rains.
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PublishedMay 5, 2016
Investment in wind and solar projects outpaces fossil-fueled power plants for second straight year
The U.S. Department of Energy says wind turbines and solar panels accounted for more than two-thirds of all new electric generation capacity added to the nation's grid in 2015.
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