A new report says electricity to heat homes and power vehicles is gaining an increasing share of Maine’s energy landscape, but petroleum dominates.
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Landmark bill passed by House and Senate seeks to sell off Maine’s fossil fuel investments
Maine could become the first state where lawmakers order ‘divestment’ from fossil fuels, although changes to the bill could slow the process.
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Suppressing greenhouse gases is a mission impossible
WASHINGTON — Anyone who tells you that dealing with climate change is simply a matter of sweeping away the obstructionism of oil companies is living in a dream world. The real obstacle is us — our vast dependence on fossil fuels and the difficulty of extricating ourselves without crippling the world economy. It’s true that […]
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Z. Hebert: Clean Power Plant bill worth supporting
As soon as winter takes hold in Maine people start wondering when summer weather will return. However, as a lifelong Mainer, I firmly believe that Mainers’ appreciation for summer comes from the other seasons. Without these beautiful, albeit bitter, winters — would summer seem like such a happiness? The year 2014 was Maine’s warmest year […]
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University of Maine System partially divests from coal investments, closes in on next USM president
BANGOR — The University of Maine System board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to partially divest itself from investments in the coal industry, making it the first land-grant higher-education institution in the country to cull a fossil fuel from its portfolio. The trustees approved the system’s new “coal divestiture policy,” which directs the system’s equity […]
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Facing protests, UMaine System committee recommends dropping coal investments
BANGOR — The University of Maine System should cut some investments in coal mining companies out of its portfolio and prevent future investments in the industry, a committee of the system’s board of trustees recommended Wednesday. In a 4-0 vote, the system’s Investment Committee backed a “coal divestiture policy,” which will appear on the consent […]
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L. Sproul: Take carbon-reducing measures now
Everyone should get up to speed on what is happening to the environment. There is a lot to read that is political, emotional, wrong or scary, but some that is right and it’s difficult to know who to listen to. Fundamentally, though, everyone needs to understand we face a pretty basic problem — that of […]