The Climate Monitor newsletter is a weekly roundup of Maine’s most urgent environmental and energy-related news from the Monitor’s environmental reporters: Kate Cough and Annie Ropeik. The newsletter is delivered by email Friday mornings and is archived below.
Where have all the mussels gone?
Experts believe the shortage is because of warming waters and increased predation.
New science on Maine’s climate future and a call for hope
“It turns out that hope is more than a feeling. Just as we can measure changes in climate variables, scientists also measure hope.”
Using fire to manage forests
Fire is “a huge part” of forestry management elsewhere in the country, and a useful one, but it’s complicated to use for forestry management in Maine.
Outdoor education is good for kids and the planet
Educators have expressed the greatest need for help and funding to expand environmental learning.
The obscure law that complicates offshore wind development
Developers installing offshore wind projects in U.S. waters have had to get creative to comply with the law.
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