Our state is incentivizing new EV purchases by higher-income drivers rather than helping others get old, inefficient cars off the road.
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Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
The first official federal calculations of the new spending package show it will slice America’s carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Think Maine was hot this summer? Just wait
New study predicts twice as many hot summer days in Maine by 2053.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
What’s in big Biden bill? Health, climate goals become law
The package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: USM trip to Greenland sheds light on coastal communities’ challenges
Listening to Greenlanders tell stories about the dramatic effects of climate change is an illuminating experience.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England
New England farmers face new challenges as drought follows drought
Huge meanders of the jet stream, or air current, get stuck in place, locking in extreme weather events that can alternately be associated with extreme heat and drought in one location and extreme rainfall in another.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Electric boats poised to make waves on Maine coast
Battery-powered outboards are seen as a first step in ‘electrifying’ the working waterfront. Are pleasure boats next?
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Here’s what Biden’s big bill includes on climate, health care, deficit reduction
The package will touch countless American lives with longtime party proposals.
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Congress approves Democrats’ climate, health bill, a Biden triumph
The bill’s pillar is about $375 billion over 10 years to encourage industry and consumers to shift from carbon-emitting to cleaner forms of energy, hailed by experts as Congress’ biggest climate investment ever.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Big climate bill will spend green bucks to spur green energy
The crux of the long-delayed bill is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change.