Here in Maine one of the most controversial public policy issues of recent years has been over a project to connect the massive hydroelectric dams in northern Quebec with the… Read more »
Article Topic: climate change
Maine Climate Council: state meeting near-term targets, but transportation fix a challenge
Under Gov. Janet Mills, Maine has committed to a range of relatively tough climate goals: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent (vis a vis 1990 levels) by 2030; becoming… Read more »
Kelp, “forests of the sea,” vanishing from parts of warming Gulf of Maine
Kelp, a foundation species with a role not unlike that of corals in tropical seas, is vanishing from the coasts of New Hampshire and southern Maine due to the rapid… Read more »
Is Maine’s decades-long lobster boom about to end?
I recently reported on a new scientific study that suggests Maine’s lobster boom is about to come to an abrupt end, with landings returning to historic levels over the next… Read more »
Maine’s governor wants the state carbon-neutral by 2045. What will that take?
At the United Nations, Governor Janet Mills pledged to make Maine carbon-neutral by 2045, tasking the new Maine Climate Council to come up with a plan to do so via… Read more »
Maine launches its Climate Council, charged with slashing emissions
Last Thursday I covered the opening launch event of the Maine Climate Council, the 39-member body charged with coming up with detailed plans to slash Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions by… Read more »
Maine’s governor in effect represents US at UN Climate Conference
This week, as the Trump administration has become mired in impeachment proceedings, I’ve been knee deep in climate coverage for the Portland Press Herald, much of it the result of… Read more »