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Researchers will explore how fisheries might coexist with floating offshore wind turbines, and will create a baseline inventory of data about Maine's fishing community.
From 1959 until 1981, Saco Tannery Corp. disposed of 23 million gallons of toxic waste. Remediation since the 1983 Superfund listing is followed by five-year reviews.
Maine’s North Woods region conjures images of vast forests and abundant wildlife, but southern Maine hosts the state’s highest species and ecosystem diversity.
Carbon storage, long-term forest health, wildlife habitat, and sustainable timber production are part of the mission for a new “climate-smart” timber investment fund.
The sustainability principles balance community and economic vitality with environmental conservation and the notion that tourism should be responsible and create a net positive effect on the destination.
This year's grants will support projects from Saco to Dennysville. Since 2004, the L.L.Bean program has provided over $400,000 in grants to nearly 60 land trusts across Maine.
“Maine has been a leader in recycling legislation, adopting some of the most progressive laws in the country,” an industry consultant writes. They include the nation’s first electronics recycling bill.
The Governor’s Energy Office has awarded $1.3 million in grant awards to three organizations to support the development of innovative clean energy businesses in Maine.
Heat pump installation is one of the state climate plan’s most significant milestones. Over 115,000 new high-efficiency heat pumps have been installed in Maine, surpassing the climate plan’s 2025 goal of 100,000 new heat pumps two years early.
Hosting climate action will “help expand our impact into the broader community to reduce energy use, carbon emissions and heating costs,” said COA’s energy director, David Gibson.
Waterfront properties and green spaces can be useful for creating vibrant gathering places such as parks and boardwalks, but must be tailored to each community's unique needs.
High-efficiency envelopes, heat-recovery ventilation, mass-timber construction, wood-fiber insulation and solar arrays are among steps colleges are implementing to reduce their carbon footprint.
The Island Institute will hire more fellows to help communities establish climate change plans and energy efficiency programs.
The Trust for Public Land acquired the property in Maine's Katahdin region for $30 million last December. Now the parcel will be returned to the tribe from whom it was taken, the trust says.
Working waterfronts, food forests and heat pump installations were among projects selected to receive over $3.5 million to advance environmental justice.
Most of the money will be used to increase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, to expand environmental education and literacy programming.