Our View: Mitigation of climate change must not be lost to its management

The barest glance through the news last Thursday painted a sobering picture. A new twist in the protracted battle over the construction of the offshore wind energy facility in Searsport; Maine park rangers warning that patches of “supersaturated sand,” the likes of which startled a beachgoer who sunk at Popham last week, are becoming more common because of accelerated coastal erosion; three significant global climate records shattered (last month, the global heat record was broken for the 12th straight month); and the Gulf of Maine reported to be warming three...