Gradual effects like rising oceans are less a problem than mass species extinctions, they say. The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON — Hard-to-predict sudden changes to Earth’s environment are more worrisome than climate change’s bigger but more gradual impacts, a panel of scientists advising the federal government concluded Tuesday. The 200-page report Read More
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Maine’s Moose May Be in Trouble – What We Don’t Know May Be Killing Them
by George Smith Bangor Daily News column “New Hampshire’s moose population has declined by 3,100, which is more than 40 percent, since 1997. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has reduced the number of moose hunting permits by 60 percent in the last five years.” As New Hampshire goes, so goes Maine? That could Read More
Offshore Wind Project Will Benefit Maine’s Economy and the Environment
The state is in a strong position to compete for a pilot project grant from U.S. Department of Energy. by State Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport Portland Press Herald op-ed FREEPORT — What if, right now in Maine, a project proposed making good use of two of our state’s greatest assets: Maine’s natural resources and the Read More
Report: Climate Change Impacting Game Species in Maine
Heat, Disease Threaten Big Game and Their Habitats NRCM and NWF press release Augusta, ME (September 25, 2013) – Rising temperatures, spreading diseases, and more extreme weather events fueled by manmade climate change are making survival more challenging for America’s treasured big game wildlife from coast to coast, according to a new report from the Read More
Eliot Wants EPA Probe of Emissions from Plant
While some residents are blaming respiratory problems on air pollution, Schiller Station says it’s in compliance. by North Cairn, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Kimberly Richards still remembers how it felt, back in the sixth grade, when she suffered her first episode of bronchitis. “It was upsetting, because at that age I was Read More
Maine’s Clear-Cutting Deal with Irving Comes Under Scrutiny
By Bill Trotter, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — With the help of a carbon cap-and-trade program in California, a Washington County land trust is getting more than $1 million that it hopes to use to purchase nearly 22,000 acres of woodland. Mark Berry, executive director of Downeast Lakes Read More
Scientists Zero In on ‘Exploding’ Green Crab Population in Maine
By Bill Trotter, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story ELLSWORTH, Maine — Green crabs are starting to make some coastal Maine residents see red. The crabs have been found in coastal waters off Maine for around a hundred years, but it’s only in the past few that they’ve drawn the ire and attention of Read More
New Carbon Emissions Standards Could Be Too Little, Too Late to Save Maine’s Maple Syrup, Shellfishing Industries
By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s maple syrup industry could be gone in 50 years, and the state’s commercial shellfishing industry could be wiped out in two. Those were some of the dire consequences in Maine of ever-growing carbon pollution by out-of-state coal-fired power plants, according Read More
Panel Presents Maine Perspectives on Climate Change & Proposed National Limits on Climate Pollution from Power Plants
Panelists discuss benefits to Maine from addressing climate and establishing national standards, which parallel existing standards in Maine and Northeast Press Release Portland, ME – Support is building in Maine for national standards that would limit climate-changing pollution from new power plants. Such standards are being pursued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Today, Maine Read More
