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Community action on climate change gives me hope

During just the past two years, Maine has experienced the driest summer, the hottest June and the highest daily average ocean surface temperatures in recorded history. These changes threaten our growing seasons, our recreation, our economy, our health – our way of life.

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Canadian dam owner sues Maine over alleged effort to remove 4 Kennebec dams

Brookfield Renewable argues state agencies are violating a binding river management agreement in their fight over the future of Atlantic salmon.
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Climate change could force 200 million people to move by 2050

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.

forestry practices create shifting songbird habitat

In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds

Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they're back.
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At solar farms, sheep come back for mower

Solar grazing, the practice of using livestock to manage the grass that grows under panel arrays, has come to Maine.
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On Rockport farm, blueberry grower, solar power developer seek common ground

A new solar array at a blueberry farm seeks to demonstrate how both can thrive, as the state convenes a study group seeking ways to accommodate renewable energy on agricultural land.
Annie's Homegrown will eliminate ortho-phthalates

Portland group key to convincing General Mills to drop chemical from mac-and-cheese processing

Annie's Homegrown will eliminate ortho-phthalates, which make plastics more flexible but may also pose health risks, from its production equipment.
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