Over the next few years, solar energy farms will be popping up across Maine, which has no specific rules for where such projects should be sited.
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4 dams, the future of Kennebec fish runs and salmon’s survival at stake in federal licensing battle
State officials and conservationists want one or more of the Canadian-owned dams removed to let salmon reach the Sandy River.
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Posted inBooks, Food & Dining, Maine Authors
Dine In Maine: Ready, set, read!
Looking for five Maine books for your culinary reading list? Try our restaurant critic’s “favorite contenders.”
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine’s bold climate action plan will require money, commitment
The plan would cost billions of dollars to execute, but state leaders say the cost of doing nothing would be even greater.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Invite wildlife in with a ‘lawn conversion’
Replace your lawn with a meadow of native perennials. Then sit back and wait for the birds, bees and butterflies to show up.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Upcycling is the new recycling
Food manufacturers across the United States are taking food waste and turning it into tasty food – and making re-use a selling point.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
GM sides with California in fight with Trump over pollution standards
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards.
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Company plans biorefinery for zero-emission heating oil in Maine
Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. of Bangor has formed a partnership with Sprague Resources LP to produce a patented biofuel made from forest product waste.
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Groups file lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers over CMP corridor analysis
The Appalachian Mountain Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine and Sierra Club Maine allege the Army Corps failed to rigorously assess the transmission corridor project’s environmental impact.
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Mill spills over 30,000 gallons of chemicals into Penobscot River
Chemicals spilled into the river through a ruptured underground sewer line and a failed floor drain.