At 71, she has spent many years passionately advocating for social, economic and environmental justice.
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Conference on ocean acidification at USM Wednesday
Some environmentalists refer to acidification as the ‘evil twin’ of global warming.
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Obama: Climate change biggest threat to U.S. national parks
The president and his family are touring national parks as the system approaches its centennial in August.
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Kerry visits Arctic Circle to see climate change impact
The secretery of state has made the health of oceans and combating climate change a priority.
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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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Red flag for the Gulf of Maine: Water slowly changing color
Researchers find that a rise in darker river runoff has created a yellowish hue that impedes the sunlight needed by phytoplankton critical to the food chain.
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Exxon seeks to block subpoena over climate-change documents
The company says an investigation by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands violates its constitutional rights.
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NOAA, NASA agree: 2015 was hottest on Earth by a wide margin
Although 2015 is now the hottest on record, it was the fourth time in 11 years that Earth broke annual marks for high temperature.
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Massachusetts is on track to meet emission goals but wants to boost hydropower from Canada
Reducing greenhouse gases by 25 percent over 1990 levels is ambitious for 2020 but a report says success is attainable.
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Stephen Hawking: Science, tech progress could threaten human survival
He says a disaster on Earth is a ‘near certainty’ in the next 1,000 to 10,000 years.