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PublishedSeptember 27, 2021
Maine lobstermen sue federal regulators over right whale restrictions
Their trade association says the federal government used flawed science to develop a whale protection plan that poses grave harm to the lobster industry.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Owners of Maine’s carbon-sponge forests asked to do more to blunt climate change
Two separate efforts are underway to maximize carbon absorption, one for smaller landowners and the other for forest industry heavyweights.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Markets that pay woodland owners to store carbon are complex, controversial
Maine, the nation's most heavily forested state, has been an early participant in so-called carbon offset markets.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Climate change could force 200 million people to move by 2050
A World Bank report has found climate change could create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
‘Buy American’ isn’t just for cars or washing machines. A proposed bill applies to flowers
The American Grown Act, supported by Rep. Pingree and Sen. King, asks that the U.S. government buy U.S. blossoms.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Solar energy could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035
But a new federal report says it would require massive changes in U.S. policy and billions of dollars in federal investment to modernize the nation's electric grid.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2021
New federal lobstering restrictions spark backlash from industry and elected officials
‘This was the worst-case scenario,’ one Maine lobsterman says of rules to protect endangered whales by seasonally restricting 950 square miles of the Gulf of Maine.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Federal regulators impose seasonal ban on traditional lobstering in part of Gulf of Maine
Lobstermen worry that the restrictions designed to protect the endangered right whale in roughly 950 square miles of federal waters along midcoast Maine will endanger their industry.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Maine Gardener: Why Maine Audubon has added some non-native plants to its sale
It wasn't a snap decision. Not only is the definition of 'native' evolving, but there are also real-world habitat benefits.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2021
Maine Gardener: Invasion of the jumping worms
It sounds like the title of a horror film, but these invasive Asian worms are very real, and they are very bad for your garden.
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