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Climate change is happening here, right now in Maine. It has begun to amplify challenges in society such as housing, energy affordability, health, immigration and food security.
Maine Public reports on these changes every week over each of our platforms, and all that work starts at the Climate Desk. Maine Public’s in-depth reporting on these crucial stories details how our world is changing and explores new thinking on what we can all do to help mitigate and adapt to the changes taking place around us.
Maine Public’s statewide reach and trusted, balanced journalism uniquely equips us to cover complex stories like Maine’s changing climate. Find the latest in climate news in Maine here, at Maine Public’s Climate Desk. Check it out below.
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Ari Snider/Maine PublicThe percentage of Maine homes burning heating oil has steadily declined since the governor made heat pump adoption a cornerstone of her climate plan. -
Robert F. Bukaty/APThe Mills administration is creating a new, independent office that's intended to help Maine municipalities better plan for and respond to climate change and the state's housing shortage.
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The proposed regulations are intended to protect valuable farmland but solar power developers worry it will set back Maine's clean energy goals. -
At an American floating offshore wind conference in Portland this week, developers and investors' confidence in the future of wind is unshakeable. -
Study indicates poverty should be at the 'heart' of climate strategies. -
Long-term survey from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science indicates a warming Gulf of Maine is inhospitable for kelp. -
Northeastern University's Roux Institute partnered with the Maine Governor's Energy Office to launch a new accelerator aimed at fostering cleantech startups in Portland. -
The money, from the federal Inflation Reduction Act, will help income-eligible mobile home owners and affordable housing developers purchase and install heat pumps. -
Brooklin, Chebeague Island, Cranberry Isles, Passamaquoddy Tribe at the Pleasant Point Reservation and Washington County will get technical and planning assistance to pursue changing energy needs. -
Six of the potential wind plots are located off outer Cape Cod. The remaining two sites are off the Maine coast. In total, the sites encompass about 850,000 acres, about 120,000 fewer acres than initially proposed earlier this year. -
Federal Transit Administration Acting Director Veronica Vanterpool and other officials visited a Rhode Island shipyard building a hybrid, diesel-electric ferry for the Maine State Ferry Service -
Scientists project that Maine could lose 28-57% of its salt marshes by the end of the century — victims of rising seas, coastal development and polluted runoff, with consequences for biodiversity and storm resilience. Now, advocates across the coast are racing to give these ecosystems space to survive.
