by Don Carrigan WCSH-6 TV news story SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Maine environmental groups say there is growing awareness and concern about the problems of climate change, and say they hope that translates into pressure on the politicians. The groups held a climate change discussion at Southern Maine Community College on Thursday, to Read More
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Industry Reps Discuss the Future of Petroleum Use in Maine
by Andy O’Brien Free Press news story Last week representatives from the oil and gas industry gathered in Portland for a forum on the economics, technology and infrastructure of Maine’s petroleum market sponsored by the Maine Energy Marketers Association and the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2 Tech). "In Maine we have a Read More
What’s Happening to All the Moose?
by The Washington Post Bangor Daily News news story Moose in the northern United States are dying in what scientists say may be the start of climate shock to the world’s boreal forests. The die-off is most dire in Minnesota, where ecologists say moose could be gone within a decade. But it extends across the Read More
Climate Change Threatens Much that is Life in the Maine Outdoors
by George Smith Kennebec Journal column Maine’s environment is our economy. We can have pickerel and payrolls. These tired — but true — slogans have defined much of our political rhetoric for decades. Perhaps it’s time to change the discussion. This was my thought as I sat in on a “conversation about the environment” hosted Read More
New Carbon Emissions Rules Offer Great Benefits to Maine
by Tom Tietenberg Kennebec Journal op-ed A few years ago, I served on a panel as part of a National Academy of Sciences study titled “America’s Climate Choices.” One of the takeaway lessons from that study was that carbon dioxide has a very long residence time in the atmosphere, up to 1,000 years. It is Read More
Oil and Gas to Maintain Key Roles in New England Energy Picture
An industry analyst tells a Portland audience that gasoline, diesel fuel and home heating oil will continue to be in high demand for decades. by Tux Turkel, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story PORTLAND — Total energy use in the United States will grow by 10 percent by 2040, an analyst from the American Read More
Eight States Vow 3.3M Zero-emission Vehicles by 2025
The states include Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. By Jason Dearen, The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story SAN FRANCISCO — The governors of eight states including California and New York pledged Thursday to get 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on roadways by 2025 in an effort to curb greenhouse gas pollution from transportation Read More
Climate Experts: Warming in Maine Leading to Declining Moose, Lobster Populations
By Mario Moretto, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — Climate change is real, human activity is causing it, and its effects will leave Maine — and the planet — “fundamentally degraded.” That was the message delivered by renowned climatologist Michael Mann, who spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Read More
Obama Issues New Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution from New Power Plants and Address Climate Change in Maine and the Rest of the Nation
Maine Groups Applaud President and EPA for Turning Words Into Action News release Maine – Today, a coalition of Maine environmental groups applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants. The proposed standards are a cornerstone of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and come as Mainers begin to Read More
