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Category: Environment

Posted inBDN Events

Join us as we examine how climate change is affecting Maine

by Melanie Brooks August 18, 2020August 19, 2020

Our goal is to provide locally specific and useful information that Mainers will find helpful in thinking through how the climate crisis is affecting their communities.

Posted inEnvironment, Nation, News

Earth’s insect population shrinks 27 percent in 30 years

by The Associated Press April 24, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Free, News, State

Maine changes its recycling rules to protect workers from coronavirus exposure

by Maine Public April 23, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Free, Nation, News, Paymeter Categories

Coronavirus pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans

by The Associated Press April 8, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inAct Out, Aroostook, Environment, News, State

Maine Audubon project hopes to prevent turning turtles into roadkill

by Alexander MacDougall March 16, 2020March 15, 2020
Posted inBusiness, Environment, News, Politics, State

Maine DEP releases draft permit for CMP controversial power line project

by Maine Public March 15, 2020
Posted inAct Out, Environment, News, World

Monarch butterfly migration to Mexico drops by 53 percent, activists say

by Tribune Content Agency March 15, 2020
Posted inBusiness, Environment, News, Politics, State

CMP-aligned group wants Maine court to bar anti-corridor question from 2020 ballot

by Caitlin Andrews March 13, 2020March 13, 2020
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Environment, News, Portland

Initiative could move several large Maine electricity users to solar power

by Maine Public February 17, 2020
Posted inEnergy, Environment, News, Portland

Parents become activists in the fight over South Portland’s petroleum tanks

by InsideClimate News February 17, 2020February 17, 2020
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Environment, Midcoast, News

The town of Hope is the latest to rely on solar power

by Lauren Abbate February 14, 2020February 14, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Hancock, News, State, Weather

Maine is getting wetter, stormier and warmer, with coast warming fastest, researchers say

by Bill TrotterFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020
Posted inBusiness, Down East, Energy, Environment, News

Firm proposing 30 wind turbines Down East seeking 70 percent break on new property taxes

by Bill TrotterFebruary 12, 2020February 13, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, New England, News

NOAA extends protective area for rare whales until Feb. 24

by The Associated Press February 10, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Football, Nation, News, NFL, Sports, Super Bowl

Climate change poses threat to future Super Bowls in Miami

by The Associated Press January 31, 2020
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Nation, New England, News, State

Northeast governors slow to embrace regional climate pact

by The Associated Press January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, News, World

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa

by The Associated Press January 25, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Nation, National Politics, News

Trump ends some protections for waterways, aiding developers

by The Associated Press January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, News, World

Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames

by The Associated Press January 18, 2020
Posted inEnvironment, Nation, News

Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s

by The Associated Press January 16, 2020

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