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Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine wilderness can help save us from climate, extinction crises
If we choose to protect them, old, wild forests are capable of storing carbon and preserving the habitat of a variety of species.
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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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Five ideas for the new UMaine System chancellor
The relationship between the system’s flagship campus in Orono and its other six campuses has never been resolved.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
After pause, Maine may have missed the boat on offshore wind
The East Coast is poised for billions of dollars in investment from companies building wind farms in the ocean from Virginia to Massachusetts. Despite a bill in the Maine Legislature to get an experimental floating wind farm back on track, Maine will be challenged to regain the momentum it had prior to the LePage years.
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Augusta’s Pingree initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
University of Maine student among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into the honor society each year.
Posted inHealth, Lifestyle, Local & State, News
‘Conditions are ripe’ for punishing tick season in Maine
Health officials caution that the pests are expected to push farther north this summer, and Lyme disease cases will likely surge.
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Lawmakers urged to help revive UMaine-led offshore wind project
Legislators hear testimony on a bill that would direct the Maine Public Utilities Commission to approve a long-term power contract for two experimental floating offshore wind turbines.
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3-D printer hailed for potential to create wood-based products
The printer is expected to arrive at the University of Maine this summer for use in research that could open up new applications for wood.