by Lisa Friedman and Glenn Thrush New York Times news story WASHINGTON — Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled an exhaustive scientific report on Friday that says humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that has created the warmest period in the history Read More
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Collins Should Join King in Opposing EPA Nominee
A consistent ally of polluters, Scott Pruitt could undo environmental laws without due legislative process. Portland Press Herald editorial Maine’s climate is changing. You can see it in the native species that have been crowded out by invasive green crabs in places where the water used to be too cold. It’s behind the tick infestation Read More
Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year
by Justin Gillis and John Schwartzjan New York Times news story Marking another milestone for a changing planet, scientists reported on Wednesday that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016 — trouncing a record set only a year earlier, which beat one set in 2014. It is the first time in the Read More
Shrimp, Lyme, Wildflowers: How Climate Change is Already Changing Maine
By The BDN Editorial Board There are the stories about Greenland’s melting ice sheet and people forced to leave their homes on islands in the Pacific Ocean due to rising sea levels. But the stark, universally experienced impacts of climate change that alter day-to-day life closer to home are often more difficult to detect. That’s Read More
Maine Lawmakers Weigh Council to Study Ocean Acidification
The temporary council would study scientific research on the topic and issue a report. The Associated Press news story AUGUSTA — A Maine legislative panel is grappling with whether to create a state council to deal with the issue of changing ocean chemistry. The Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources is set to vote on Read More
Deer Tick News Is All Bad – “Ticked Off” Report Should Tick You Off
By George Smith Bangor Daily News column This morning my Kennebec Journal came with a deer tick. I start my day with a cup of coffee and the KJ, seated in a comfortable rocker with a view out the kitchen window to Linda’s beautiful flower gardens. Opening the paper to grab the section that includes Read More
With More Lyme Disease, Public Health Experts Call for More Awareness, Research
Once diagnosed in just 100 Mainers annually, the disease is an increasing concern, with 1,376 cases last year. By Joe Lawlor, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Lisa Lawlor spends most of her waking hours in bed, swallowing 25 pills each day to manage numerous Lyme disease-related symptoms. She receives antibiotics three times per Read More
Maine Climate Warming Up Quickly, Analysis Shows
It’s tied with Vermont for the fastest rise in annual average temperature for all the states in the past 30 years, affecting wildlife, farmers and fishermen. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The climate has warmed in Maine and Vermont more than in every other state in the past 30 years, Read More
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
