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With pending sale of Kennebec River dams, Sappi urges caution about potential removal
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 24, 2025Decommissioning or removal is part of a transaction involving four dams. Paper company Sappi says Shawmut Dam’s removal would jeopardize its Skowhegan mill.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 24, 2025
With deal, Appalachian Mountain Club conservation area is now 3 times larger than Acadia
Laurie Schreiber September 17, 2025Under AMC stewardship, the North Woods area will support restoration forestry, habitat connectivity, climate adaptation and forestry- and recreation-related jobs.
Laurie Schreiber September 17, 2025
Augusta packaging maker offsets paper usage with tree-planting program
Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2025A program used by J.S. McCarthy Packaging + Print calculates paper consumption and how many trees were harvested, then plants trees in certified global reforestation projects.
Laurie Schreiber August 24, 2025
Island Institute explores ways Maine's seafood industry could reduce carbon footprint
Laurie Schreiber July 24, 2025The Island Institute partnered with seven seafood businesses to measure their carbon footprint.
Laurie Schreiber July 24, 2025
Wabanaki nonprofit acquires 245-acre farm in Waldo County as food hub
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 6, 2025The site offers the organization an enduring setting to cultivate traditional crops, steward natural resources and host cultural and educational programming.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 6, 2025-
Maine Coast Heritage Trust expands leadership team
Alexis Wells Updated: June 9, 2025The land conservation nonprofit, based in Topsham, added Linda Lidov, Hannah Whalen, Rebecca Kurtz and Sarah Hale.
Alexis Wells Updated: June 9, 2025
East Brown Cow recognized for climate-friendly operations and supply chain actions
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 9, 2025Actions include LED lighting across more than one million square feet, charging stations in downtown Portland, electric vehicles and solar arrays.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: June 9, 2025
Falmouth-based TideSmart earns renewal of B Corp certification
Laurie Schreiber June 2, 2025Rather than handing out flyers or giveaways, experiential marketing reduces waste and makes a more lasting impression.
Laurie Schreiber June 2, 2025
Report says Maine land trusts have preserved nearly 3 million acres — and much of it remains taxable
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 27, 2025Maine’s 80-plus land trusts have conserved nearly 15% of Maine’s land base, supporting the outdoor economy, land-based industries, climate resilience and public infrastructure.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 27, 2025
Conservation group to buy Nordic Aquafarms land in Belfast
Laurie Schreiber April 23, 2025Nordic Aquafarms earlier this year abandoned its proposal to build a land-based salmon farm at the site and listed the 53.9 acres for $2 million.
Laurie Schreiber April 23, 2025
FAME approves financing for biofuel plant in Millinocket
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 7, 2025Once fully operational, the plant could provide up to 83 full-time jobs plus 92 in the forestry and transportation supply chains.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 7, 2025
How a Westbrook entrepreneur grew a ‘green home’ publishing business
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 2, 2025The market includes increasing interest in homes that use less energy and are more energy independent, increased interest in retrofitting and a shift back toward “local.”
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 2, 2025
South Portland site will host Green Home + Energy Show
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 31, 2025Programming and exhibitors will feature products and services such as electric vehicles and yard tools and eco-friendly landscaping practices.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: March 31, 2025
Groups aim to raise $62M to conserve land in western Maine
Laurie Schreiber March 19, 2025The project would connect a total of a half-million acres of contiguous conserved lands in the Appalachian Mountain range.
Laurie Schreiber March 19, 2025
Maine's former USDA Rural Development director takes post at a Portland nonprofit
Alexis Wells February 27, 2025The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has hired Rhiannon Hampson as vice president for economic development.
Alexis Wells February 27, 2025
$13M will support forest management, conservation in Maine
Laurie Schreiber December 13, 2024The money is expected to help landowners adopt sustainable practices like managing invasive species and enhancing carbon sequestration
Laurie Schreiber December 13, 2024
Today's Poll
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As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.
In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.
With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing.
Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.
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Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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