Congress must address climate change

Lawmakers propose new bill to address a rapidly worsening issue impacting millions of Americans: 'We cannot afford to ignore this crisis'

The Climate Accountability Act in Wisconsin aims to cut harmful carbon pollution by about half by 2030 in hopes of achieving net-zero carbon pollution by 2050. Introduced by Citizen Action of Wisconsin — a nonprofit dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice — the bill would hold the state of Wisconsin accountable in establishing a strategy backed by conservation and sustainable policies to address climate concerns.    As reported …

Congress must address climate change

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Daniel Oppenheim is a retired endocrinologist from Portland. Kathryn Bourgoin is a retired family doctor from Orono. They are chairs of the Maine Medical Association’s Public Health Committee. As chairs of the Maine Medical Association’s (MMA) Public Health Committee and…

Climate change: Capitalism’s inevitable product

When is the right time to become concerned about an issue? How dire should the threat be, and at what point should concern turn to action? No sleep is lost when I think of the universe’s inevitable heat death, the sun’s eventual explosion or a potential asteroid collision. Yet, climate change, a threat as existential and difficult for the mind to comprehend, plagues me with dread. The layman’s response to the reality of climate change often come…

Winter weather forecasts for Europe and the east of the United States may well change dramatically by the end of the century. A recent study highlights the evolution of climate change...