Tag: Climate Change

WERU News Report 5/14/14

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Segment 1: The Natural Resources Council of Maine announced yesterday that they have developed a series of maps that depict the effects of rising sea levels on the Maine coast, as well as a list of the top 20 Maine towns affected by sea level rise due to climate change. We get the details from Dylan Voorhees, NRCM’s Clean Energy and Global Warming Project Director.

Segment 2: For our Penobscot river and bay report this week, we’re checking in with Ron Huber, director of “Friends of Penobscot Bay”. We reported last week that NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has announced that the Penobscot River is one of two sites in the North Atlantic region that they are designating as Habitat Focus Areas, which will direct more resources to restoration of the river. NOAA has been involved in the removal of 2 major dams on the river, and is looking at removing some of the smaller ones. Huber see this as positive news for the river and bay:

Segment 3: We meet the new Executive Director of the ACLU of Maine, Alison Beyea

WERU News Report 3/25/14

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by John Greenman

Alternative energy builders and supporters joined Environment Maine last week in announcing the release of a new report examining the progress Maine has made reducing carbon pollution through state and federal clean energy policies adopted in the past five years.
They say “the report comes as Gov. Paul LePage continues to try to block progress on clean energy, including when he [recently] called for raiding the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. At the federal level, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is slated to soon move forward with the first-ever federal carbon standards for power plants, the largest source of carbon pollution. Right now, EPA limits arsenic, lead, soot, and other pollution from power plants, but not carbon pollution.”
The report, titled “Moving America Forward: State and Federal Leadership Is Producing Results in the Fight Against Global Warming” calls for reducing pollution from power plants, increasing renewable energy production and energy efficiency, improving transportation systems, promoting electric vehicles and taking leadership in international efforts to curb climate change
Gathered on the construction site of a new passive solar home being built in Bangor, here’s what they had to say:

More information about the new report called “Moving America Forward: State and Federal Leadership Is Producing Results in the Fight Against Global Warming” can be found at www.environmentmaine.org

Mid-Coast Currents 3/21/14

Producer/Host: Sara Trunzo and John Zavodny
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: People, events, and ideas in mid-coast, Maine

Program Topic: Climate Solutions

Key Discussion Points:
1. What is the Climate Solutions event?
2. Why did you organize the event?
3. What were some of the outcomes of the Climate Solutions event?

Guests:
a. Laurie Osher is proprietor of Osher Environment Systems and President of the Board of Maine Interfaith Power and Light (MeIPL).
b. Karen Marysdaughter is a member of the 350 Maine organizing committee and has been an outspoken advocate for divestment from investments in fossil fuel in Maine colleges and universities.
c. Fred Horch (by phone: (207) 725-9104 Has a law degree from U.C. Berkeley, is the founder of F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies in Brunswick, and is a 2014 Green Independent candidate for the the Maine Legislature.

For More Information:
Climate Solutions Mapping Project