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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport work to develop plan to address climate change

The towns of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport comprise half a quartet of Southern Maine coastal communities currently creating plans for addressing climate change in the region in the decades ahead.

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NYC sinking: Buildings, sea levels threaten New York, study says

The pressure from New York City’s massive buildings and skyscrapers is making the city more vulnerable to sink lower into the ocean, according to new research.

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Funding for Wisconsin farm conservation programs could nearly double

A sweeping federal investment in combating climate change will almost double the amount of money Wisconsin receives for some of its farm conservation programs, meaning more farmers will be able to get help protecting their soil, reducing runoff and improving water quality.

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Heather Houser: Climate change talk must turn to action and justice

All the climate talk this summer should also amount to actions beyond voting. No one action is a silver bullet.

Impacts

Tropical forests are adaptable to warming if temperatures stay below 90F

A study by the University of Leeds found that as long as countries limit greenhouse gas emissions and average temperatures don't go above 90F they will adapt.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Kennebunk, Kennebunkport work to develop plan to address climate change

NYC sinking: Buildings, sea levels threaten New York, study says

Heather Houser: Climate change talk must turn to action and justice

Robert Hackett, Julia Dzgoeva: Why the words media use to describe climate change matter

CO2 emissions will fall by an estimated four to seven per cent this year

Tropical forests are adaptable to warming if temperatures stay below 90F

GOP speakers criticize Biden's energy policies at convention

Trump’s climate policy legacy has lasting effects at home and globally

Labour proposes extensive overhaul to decarbonise UK transport

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

A new book argues the right way to discuss climate change

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way