A group of Maine philanthropists demonstrates climate leadership.
About Sea Change
Sea Change provides commentary on contemporary environmental challenges. It tackles an array of topics from a local vantage point – from energy challenges and pollution concerns to health and sustainability practices.
Getting to the grid of the future
As Maine reinvents its electricity grid, it will need greater public engagement, utility oversight and data-sharing.
The changing face of electricity generation
How renewable power is reshaping electricity markets.
Taking the future into their own hands
Youth activists, encouraged by the passage of a pioneering mandate, are leading the state and nation toward fossil fuel divestment.
The next solar frontier
Community solar farms hold great potential benefits for Maine – if the State does more to guide the industry’s growth.
Wind: The overlooked wild card in climate change
Climate predictions don’t generally factor in surface winds, despite some indications they may be changing.
Putting savings to work for the local good
More widespread impact investing could help Maine tackle pressing social and environmental needs
Launching a sustainability accelerator
Maine can’t wait to finance clean energy and climate resilience.
Ending the ‘Silent Spring’ on commercial forest lands
Passage of a bill to ban aerial spraying would be a long overdue step toward managing Maine forests as ecosystems.
Conserving land to save our future
Ambitious state, federal and global targets for protected lands could help slow the intertwined climate and extinction crises, and support local food production.
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