News

Climate Science Whistleblower to Speak at Maine College

Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio


LEWISTON, Maine (AP)   A climate scientist who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump’s interior secretary and later resigned is speaking at a Maine college.

Joel Clement was a leading official in climate change policy in the U.S. Department of the Interior before he was demoted. He is scheduled to speak at Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall on Wednesday night.

The event is called “The Trump Administration’s War on Climate Policy: A View From a Whistleblower Who is Speaking Out.” Clement made news after he was reassigned to an accounting job last year after he warned about dangers faced by Alaska Natives in the era of climate change.

Dozens of other senior officials in the department were also reassigned after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took over.

Latest Headlines

10 hours ago in Local

Bobby Charles Blames National Wave, Out-of-State Spending, and Independent Candidacy in First Post-Election Interview

Speaking with host Josh Filler on WGAN’s Inside Maine, Charles described the November 3 election as an "anomalous cycle" in which national political sentiments overshadowed state-level economic and quality-of-life issues.

10 hours ago in Local

New Hampshire Man Killed in Early Morning Crash on I-95 in Saco

According to Maine State Police, troopers responded to the northbound lanes of I-95 around 4:45 a.m. for a report of a collision involving a Hyundai SUV and a Ford Explorer.

10 hours ago in Local

Home Heating Oil Prices Dip Below $6 a Gallon in Maine

Maine relies more heavily on heating oil per capita than any other state in the country. Roughly half of all Maine households still use fuel oil as their primary heat source, though that share has steadily dropped from 70% in 2010

11 hours ago in Local

Nationwide FAA Ground Stop Leads to 17 Canceled Flights at Portland International Jetport

While investigators have not completely ruled out a cyberattack or a glitch tied to a newly rolled-out FAA artificial intelligence routing system, Mullin noted there are no "footprints" of an attack and described the failure as "mechanically driven."

1 day ago in Local

Aging Old Orchard Beach school set to be replaced

Old Orchard Beach has been selected by the state to build a new school to replace the aging Loranger Memorial School.