A high-profile NASA temperature data set pronouncing the last five years the hottest on record and the globe a full degree Celsius warmer than in the late 1800s has found new backing from independent satellite records — suggesting the findings are on a sound footing, scientists reported Tuesday. Read More
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King voted Tuesday to reject the non-binding resolution known as the Green New Deal. Read More
The number of warm water turtles stuck on New England beaches has risen dramatically in the past decade, according to the Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Read More
Progressive lawmakers are rolling out Maine's version of the Green New Deal, which is a loose framework compared to its national counterpart. Read More
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that the Interior Department violated federal law by failing to take into account the climate impact of its oil and gas leasing in the West. Read More
“It’s not a liberal or conservative issue, it’s an issue that will affect every single one of us,” Ruth Metcalfe, a Kennebunk High School sophomore, said to the assembled crowd in Portland. Read More
For us, an overriding concern is ensuring that new large sources of clean, renewable energy are brought to the New England market. The NECEC is one part of this puzzle. Read More
Hundreds of young people in New Hampshire will go on strike from school Friday to protest what they say is the federal government’s failure to take action to stop climate change. Read More
The National Science Foundation is awarding nearly $800,000 to an ocean science center in Maine that studies the warming of the sea and its impact on fisheries. Read More
The concentration of methane in the atmosphere started rising again in 2007 — and it’s been picking up the pace over the last four years, according to new research. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills announced on Thursday that she is the 22nd governor to join a national coalition that has agreed to abide by an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions that the U.S. withdrew from in 2017. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills will press energy leaders to flesh out plans to fight climate change, and Republicans are rallying against a Democratic proposal to enshrine a carbon tax. Read More
A chasm and a crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica are creeping closer and closer to one another, and when the two finally meet, a slab of ice twice the size of New York City will break away and float out to sea. Read More
The group would reassess the government’s analysis of climate science and counter its conclusions that the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming the planet, according to three administration officials. Read More
