The city council is considering a novel approach to funneling proceeds from the sale of renewable energy credits into a trust fund that would support efforts to meet the goals of a 2020 climate action plan. Portland, Maine climate trust fund.
The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland's tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland's tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
A recent article (“A warming Gulf Stream is edging ever closer to shore,” Oct. 23) reported findings from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute that, since 2001, the Gulf Stream has warmed 2 degrees Fahrenheit and moved six miles closer to the eastern continental shelf. Scientists from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have warned that […]