So much to gain: Getting greater comfort, savings and climate benefits by moving more quickly to carbon-free home
New initiatives could hasten the pace at which Maine homes get off fossil fuels.
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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.
Mobilizing older Americans to combat the climate crisis
Thousands of retirees have begun campaigning against financing by large institutions of fossil fuel projects.
Navigating toward clean transportation and lower environmental impacts
Maine will need more than EVs and chargers to reduce carbon pollution.
Microplastics: A vast but barely visible problem
Microplastic pollution, overlooked for decades, continue to pervade bodies, air, oceans and soils.
‘Forever chemicals’ expose the need for systemic changes
Regulatory failings underlying the PFAS crisis were evident 60 years ago and are more pronounced today.
Can’t save the forest for the trees: Confronting the loss of species that define Maine woodlands
The decline of beech, ash and hemlock will transform forest ecosystems, disrupt wildlife and exacerbate the climate crisis.
A tangle of plastic pollution ties back to our clothes
Discovering sources of — and solutions for — the microfibers entering soils and waters.