A draft proposal – the EPA’s second attempt to clamp down on carbon dioxide – could be unveiled in the coming days.
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Last year was second warmest on record in Gulf of Maine
The average sea surface temperature in 2022 fell short by less than half a degree of setting a new mark for the hottest year, according to Portland-based researchers.
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Efficiency Maine may add electric bikes to its rebate program
Boosters say more e-bikes will help Maine meet climate action goals and help Mainers get around.
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Push made for full funding for Maine Climate Corps
Legislators are considering whether to bolster the corps’ ranks with $3.7 million to pay for four leadership positions and 50 participants.
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Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s, study says
Exxon-funded research didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying but forecasted the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists.
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‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leader
‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.
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Treaty against fossil fuels floated at U.N. climate summit
Vulnerable nations have also called for a global tax on fossil fuel companies who are benefitting from exorbitant energy prices.
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U.N. weather agency call record high greenhouse gas levels ‘ominous’
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an ‘ominous’ sign.
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Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s
The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
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Mills administration pledges $15 million to improve public building efficiency
A new initiative aims to help public schools, municipalities and tribal governments make energy efficiency improvements and reduce their costs.