DoomsdaysCW<p>Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngusKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngusKing</span></a> fumes at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> being nixed from annual threat assessment</p><p>Chris D’Angelo for The Maine Monitor April 8, 2025</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> has been described as a 'climate haven,' [the same for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a>] a place expected to remain relatively sheltered from the most extreme and dangerous impacts of global climate change. But the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineTreeState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineTreeState</span></a> is far from immune.</p><p>"Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWaves</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events. Waters in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMaine</span></a> are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lobster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobster</span></a> industry and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fisheries</span></a>.</p><p>"Sea levels here are forecast to rise approximately 4 feet by the end of the century, forcing coastal communities, shipyards and military installations to prepare and adapt.</p><p>" 'This is a guaranteed threat,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmyEshoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyEshoo</span></a>, director of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineClimateActionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineClimateActionNow</span></a>. 'It’s not one we can negotiate with. It’s not one that we can put <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on. It’s not one we can go to the table with. We unleashed it. It’s here. We’re feeling its effects. Maine is definitely feeling them.' " </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://mainebeacon.com/sen-king-fumes-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainebeacon.com/sen-king-fumes</span><span class="invisible">-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenatorAngusKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorAngusKing</span></a></p>