The 10 Weekly Newsletter, Feb. 18, 2022

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This week ...

... I’m drawing your attention to our latest stories for our “Climate Driven” series in Franklin County. If you don’t know already, we’re doing what a Deep Dive on all sixteen counties to see what the effects of climate change are across the state. This “Climate Driven” drop touches on snowmobiling in a changing snowscape, birding and which species are being pushed out, and the ones coming in to replace them, and what farming looks like with less water.

We’re also touching base on Moxie supply issues that have been hitting the state, to the point that it grabbed Scott Simon at NPR! My final highlight is a story out of Boston that looks at a pair of anti-racist doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, that are being targeted by group of white supremacists, and continuing their work to eliminate institutional biases in the health system.

With Moxie,

Mark

Mark Simpson, News Director

Maine Public: Maine winters are shrinking. That's raising existential questions for the state's snowmobilers

One of the prime spots for riding the trails is near the western edge of Franklin County in Rangeley. But the snowmobiling industry in the area is coming face to face with a new reality brought on by climate change. Some local enthusiasts are worried, both for the future of their sport and for the local economy.

Maine Public: New atlas shows changing bird populations in a warming Maine: Cardinals in, boreal chickadees out

Maine Public: A big Farmington solar array shows the potential for renewable energy on Maine farms

PBS NewsHour: How Galileo’s groundbreaking works got banned

WGBH: Neo-Nazis target anti-racist doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital, calling them 'anti-white'

NPR News: Maine's beloved official drink, Moxie, is the latest casualty in supply chain issues

Maine Public: Former UMaine sprinter competing in 2-man bobsled race in Beijing

Maine Public: Tribal leaders, other groups testify in support of bill to overhaul controversial 1980 agreement

Maine Public: Maine farmers look to save water as they confront drier weather and heavier storms

The World: China's last remaining lantern craftspeople uphold a waning tradition

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