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Selling cars may not seem like a logical move for a business focused on environmental sustainability. But Paris Autobarn only sells used electric and hybrid vehicles.
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What will it take to get more Mainers driving electric vehicles? We hope to find out with our own EVThere are currently only about 6,000, which is a 90% increase from just a couple years ago. But it's still a drop in the bucket compared to the 219,000 the state wants to see in use by the end of the decade.
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To store greenhouse gases, Maine looks to protect more than 2 Rhode Islands' worth of forest by 2030The ambitious 30 x 30 goal is part of President Biden's climate agenda. It's also a target in Maine, the most heavily forested state in the country. And there's cautious optimism the target can be met.
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There’s a group in Norway, Maine that’s trying to get ahead of climate change. The Center for an Ecology-Based Economy works on the issues of transportation, renewable energy, shelter and food.
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Advocates tout a low-cost solution to insulating homes as a way to both reduce bills and cut carbon as part of the state's plans to move away from fossil fuels. But they say tackling Maine's old, drafty housing stock will require a lot more investment in the years ahead.
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Ski areas are increasingly focused on two sides of the sustainability question — how to keep snow on the slopes and how to reduce pollution from their energy-intensive operations.
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One organization has been expanding commuter service in communities across western Maine, perhaps offering lessons for the Mills administration as it considers ways to lessen the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Scientists say that some of the state's best-loved conifers are under threat, with extreme weather making it difficult for them to grow.