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Sew American: New Mainers help power American Roots, a Portland textile start-up
June 12, 2017Thread, bobbin, sewing machine. Besides learning English in their new homeland, they've had to master the lexicon and skills for their work at Portland textile start-up.
June 12, 2017
The benefits of B Corp status
June 12, 2017Only five Maine companies have B Corp certification — Maine Works, Wicked Joe, ReVision Energy, Atayne and Coffee By Design — but each finds paying greater attention to social values is important to its corporate mission.
June 12, 2017
Gathering place in 'boatbuilding capital of the world' gets new life
June 12, 2017The brand-new Brooklin General Store, where fishermen gather at 5 a.m. to get their coffee and pastries before heading out to sea, represents an investment in an essential community gathering place and resource.
June 12, 2017Small businesses light the way in Maine
June 12, 2017You might feel like an outlier if you work in Maine and yet have miraculously avoided working at a small business.
June 12, 2017
Warming oceans put lobster industry in the hot pot
June 9, 2017Scientists and lobstermen meeting in Portland this week agreed they need to share information and be more proactive about the changes coming with warming oceans.
June 9, 2017Kennebunk utility signs power deal to create major solar farm
June 7, 2017Kennebunk Light and Power District, a nonprofit consumer-owned utility, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with DG Maine Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources.
June 7, 2017
NOAA recommends Maine fisheries research projects for $1.5M in funding
June 7, 2017The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recommended over $1.5 million in Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program funding for six fisheries research projects in Maine.
June 7, 2017
ReVision expanding into EV charging corridor market
June 5, 2017ReVision Energy's hiring of a full-time director of electric vehicle innovation is part of the company's efforts to expand in the charging market.
June 5, 2017
Report: Fewer baby lobsters in the Gulf of Maine
June 5, 2017The latest findings of an international monitoring program of American lobsters indicate that the number of young lobsters in the Gulf of Maine continues to fall.
June 5, 2017
Here's what some are saying about Trump's decision to pull out of Paris Climate Agreement
June 2, 2017President Trump characterized the Paris Climate Agreement on Thursday as “simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries.” Others, including Maine's
June 2, 2017
Farm-surplus startup wins UMaine Business Challenge
May 30, 2017[Re]Produce, a sustainable farm-surplus startup created by College of the Atlantic students Anita van Dam '19 and Grace Burchard '17, won the sixth annual University of Maine Business Challenge, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize.
May 30, 2017Circle B Farms named UMaine food aggregator
May 24, 2017Circle B Farms in Caribou was recently named the University of Maine system's food aggregator for northern Maine.
May 24, 2017Passamaquoddy Tribe generates revenue through carbon credits
May 16, 2017The Passamaquoddy Tribe recently received a “Project Developer of the Year” award from the Climate Action Reserve for generating the most carbon offset credits in 2016.
May 16, 2017Is Lincoln the front-runner in Poland Spring's hunt for new bottling plant?
May 16, 2017Poland Spring's search for the best Maine location to build a new $50 million bottling plant appears to be zeroing in on the Lincoln area over other identified possibilities.
May 16, 2017
Effort underway to save Maine's top maple sugar plantation
May 15, 2017If Big Six Forest, a maple tree plantation located in Somerset County and said to produce around 25% of Maine's total maple syrup production, doesn't receive a conservation easement, owner Paul Fortin has plans to cut it down.
May 15, 2017
UMaine System marks Earth Day with new investment policy
April 21, 2017Maine's public universities marked Earth Day 2017 by announcing today a new investment policy linked to sustainability. The universities also released a report that shows the seven-campus UMaine System has achieved a 34% decline in carbon emissions
April 21, 2017
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