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Its board is starting a process that could lead to the end of the 35-year-old fish auction on Portland's waterfront.

A request for funding from the city of Portland has led to a request-for-interest from organizations that might privatize the exchange, which serves as an auction house for local groundfish catches.

In the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One

Fred Bever/Maine Public toggle caption Fred Bever/Maine Public Adam Baske (left) and Capt. Rob Odlin of Running Tide Technologies in the Gulf of Maine. They release rope thats entwined with early-stage kelp, a fast growing seaweed that will soak up carbon dioxide. Fred Bever/Maine Public In the race to stall or even reverse global warming, new efforts are in the works to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and put it somewhere safe. One startup in Maine ha...

Adam Baske, business development manager for Portlands Running Tide Technologies, holds a tube wrapped in early-stage kelp. Entwined with biodegradable rope, the kelp will grow in the sea off Scarborough and once full-grown, sunk to the ocean bottom. (Fred Bever/Maine Public) The fight against climate change has long focused on scaling back humanity’s emissions of planet-warming carbon-dioxide. But a movement is growing to think bigger and find ways to actually pull existing CO2 out of the ai...

The fight against climate change has long focused on scaling back humanity’s emissions of planet-warming carbon-dioxide. But a movement is growing to think