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Derek Davis/Portland Press HeraldExtremely dangerous heat is still unusual in Maine — but emergency officials across the state are already planning for a future where they’re responding to temperature spikes as silent natural disasters. -
Andree Kehn/Lewiston Sun JournalEven though Maine is known as a cold weather state, in recent years, hundreds of people have shown up in emergency rooms for heat-related illness. To offer relief, cooling centers are opening at libraries, fire stations, and community centers.
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The Trump administration is reportedly considering clawing back $7 billion in national grants to help low-income people connect to inexpensive solar power. -
Last summer was Maine's hottest on record and data show the state is getting hotter. -
Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are part of an international team studying how zooplankton may contribute to carbon storage. -
The Trump administration has rescinded millions of acres of ocean set aside for ocean wind development. -
With the idea of nuclear power starting to trend in the larger U.S., we take a look at whether atomic energy is a viable renewable energy option for Maine or a distraction. Plus, addressing our energy usage during a heatwave. -
The agency says it wants to get rid of the 'endangerment finding' that greenhouse gas pollution threatens public health and welfare. -
Twenty years after the state's only nuclear plant was finally decommissioned, atomic power is reentering the conversation about Maine's energy future. -
A huge 'water battery' could generate electricity to supplement other renewable power sources. -
Transportation is the most polluting economic sector in Maine, accounting for nearly 50% of the state's carbon emissions. But greener transit alternatives, such as biking and mass transit, are competing for limited funding and, in some cases, the same physical space. -
The suit wants to restore a cancelled program that helped protect communities from natural disasters.
