During the trial in a case brought by 16 young people, plaintiffs testified about how increased heat, smoke from wildfires, and drought affect their activities and mental health.
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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds
Various earlier reports have found that the cryosphere – regions on Earth covered by snow and ice – are among the worst affected by climate change.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Protesters drop pants for climate change at Massachusetts state house
The group was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.
Posted inBusiness
U.N. chief says fossil fuels ‘incompatible with human survival,’ calls for credible exit strategy
Some oil executives suggest that fossil fuel firms can keep up production if they find a way to capture planet-warming carbon emissions. Antonio Guterres vehemently disagrees.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The effects of the global climate crisis will be local
The climate crisis is global. The effects, however, will be overwhelmingly local. That reality could not be more obvious this week, as smoke from wildfires in Canada blanketed the East Coast, giving New York for a moment the worst air quality of any major city in the world. Maine, which has felt the unhealthy effects […]
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Sea rise, extreme temperatures expected to send more people to inland Maine, climate expert says
Nathan Phillips, a professor at Boston University, told an audience at a two-day conference in Skowhegan this week that rising sea levels and temperature extremes in the South will displace millions and force migration inland and to the North.
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Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels are highest in more than 4 million years
Not only is carbon dioxide continuing to increase in Earth’s atmosphere, it’s increasing faster than it was a decade or 2 ago.
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Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft draft treaty
A coalition of governments and environmental groups want to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040 by slashing production and limiting some chemicals used in making plastics.
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New wood heat options come with climate trade-offs
Maine’s forests are crucial to both absorbing carbon emissions and providing alternatives to high oil costs.
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Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water
By a 5-4 vote, the justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water, writing that wetlands can only be regulated if they have a ‘continuous surface connection’ to larger, regulated bodies of water.