Tag Archives: climate change

Trump nominates a climate skeptic to USDA’s top science post

Your morning briefing for Thursday, July 20, 2017: Trump nominates a climate skeptic to USDA’s top science post, Trump says he should not have appointed Sessions as attorney general, and Staff shortages plague ‘dumping ground’ for Maine youth with mental illness

House Whip Steve Scalise readmitted to intensive care unit

Your morning briefing for Thursday, July 6, 2017: Scientists are starting to clear up one of the biggest controversies in climate science, too many kids are exposed to lead in these Maine towns, and alleged gunman in triple homicide shot dead by police in Madison

PETA wanted a fake cat video to go viral. It didn’t turn out as planned.

Your morning briefing for Thursday, June 8, 2017: PETA wanted a fake cat video to go viral, but it didn’t turn out as planned; North Korea slams Trump’s decision to pull out of Paris accord as ‘the height of egotism’; and Maine Senate backs reinstating ‘tip credit’ for restaurant servers

This millionaire has a promising idea for space exploration. But he says aliens are already here.

Your morning briefing for Thursday, June 1, 2017: This millionaire has a promising idea for space exploration, but he says aliens are already here; investment firm says there’s a 70 percent chance of a recession by 2022; and partisan gulf on school aid stalemates Maine budget talks

Belligerent man in a Trump hat kicked off flight as a crowd chanted, ‘Lock him up!’

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, May 23, 2017: Belligerent man in a Trump hat kicked off flight as a crowd chanted, ‘Lock him up!’; sea level rise has tripled since 1990; and police say a lone attacker killed 22 in Manchester

‘I almost killed my mom with an anti-itch pill’

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, May 9, 2017: Kayaker drowns in flooded Penobscot River, Orono Brewing Company is on the move, Islamic State video shows beheading of Russian intelligence agent

Congress averts government shutdown after striking a late-night budget deal

Your morning briefing for Monday, May 1, 2017: Congress averts government shutdown after striking a late-night budget deal, a skeptical climate change column whips up a storm, and with ‘nothing’ left to do, Bangor’s urban renewal group may disband