BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 16, 2024
No sirens are blaring, nobody even looks frightened, but they should be. Last week the world moved into uncharted territory. The “aspirational” goal of never allowing the average global temperature to rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial norm (more than 1.5 degrees C) has been breached for a whole year — and probably for ever. ~ Gwynne Dyer