The Passamaquoddy’s attorney was the victim of a state-sponsored conspiracy while doing work that led to the Indian land claims settlement act.
Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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Senate panel approves marine research funding that Trump wanted to kill
The unanimous move by the Appropriations Committee includes $1 million to study new lobster gear technologies that won’t harm right whales.
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Maine nonprofit launches global effort to help small farms cut greenhouse gas emissions
The initiative seeks to boost yields while building up carbon in their soil, reducing the effects of climate change.
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Gov. Mills wants Maine carbon-neutral by 2045. What will that take?
For this richly forested state, it may not take much beyond previously announced greenhouse gas cuts.
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Gov. Mills launches Maine Climate Council with a call to action
Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy praises Maine’s effort, and notes, ‘Nothing innovative starts at the federal level.’
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Gov. Mills discusses climate change with European officials, U.S. governors
Maine’s governor meets with European climate leaders, Brazilian regional officials and other U.S. governors to discuss how states can help the nation meet Paris climate targets.
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In address, Gov. Mills vows Maine will be carbon neutral by 2045, and challenges others
The only U.S. elected official to address the climate summit, Janet Mills announced an executive order aimed at making Maine’s economy carbon neutral.
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Watch: Gov. Mills addresses U.N. on Maine’s climate change plans
She will be Maine’s first sitting governor to speak before the international body’s General Assembly.
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Maine finally addressing climate change in the gulf
For eight years, state government did little to deal with the impacts of a warming Gulf of Maine. That’s starting to change.
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Vulnerable waters off the coast of Maine
Warming within the swirling ocean depths of the Gulf of Maine has implications for all life and livelihoods within the ecosystem. Scientists, fishermen and aquaculturists brace for challenges.