Fires in the Amazon this summer have increased global awareness of the role of rainforests in tempering climate change. Less appreciated is the carbon storage capacity of forests like Maine’s.
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Woolwich reaffirms its support of CMP transmission project
The 3-2 vote comes after residents urged the Select Board to rescind its 2017 letter.
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Maine will use $3 million from VW settlement to fund fuel-efficient vehicles
Schools, local government and businesses can replace old diesel engines, using money from a settlement over charges that the car company tried to cheat on emissions tests.
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Huge Sanford airport solar project moves forward
When completed, the 150,000-panel array will be the largest at any airport in the U.S., city officials say.
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Regulator: Decision on CMP rate request likely to be delayed
PUC Chairman Philip Bartlett tells lawmakers that the commission will consider recent customer service problems as it weighs the proposed 10.65 percent rate increase, but cannot ‘simply say no.’
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Dozens of Portland streetlights stay off amid contract dispute
City Hall and Central Maine Power are at odds over who has to fix underground cables that power streetlights in some parts of the city.
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Regulators hear CMP customers’ complaints about soaring bills and ‘horrific’ service
The Public Utilities Commission holds a hearing in Portland as part of its investigation into the company’s billing and customer service practices, along with a rate hike it has requested.
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Maine Voices: Trump administration’s efforts to save coal are a slap in the face to humanity
Fossil fuel-driven climate change will have a particularly devastating impact on the poor and on future generations.
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CMP misled the public, mismanaged rollout of new billing system
A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation reveals that layers of Central Maine Power management misjudged the enormity of changing over to a new billing system, leaving thousands of angry and frustrated customers.
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Mills signs wind bill, announces plans to advance offshore energy
The bill will direct regulators to approve a power contract that advances the University of Maine’s long-delayed offshore wind project.