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Sustainability
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Report: Maine has more sci-tech companies and workers, but lags in other areas
January 16, 2017A new report finds that the number of science and technology companies and jobs in Maine is rising at the same time investment in innovation by both companies and universities has remained low.
January 16, 2017
'Road map' for strengthening state's forest economy sets nine priorities
January 13, 2017Stakeholders in Maine's $8.5 billion forest products industry unveiled this week a nine-point strategy to attract capital investment and develop new opportunities in that sector that will sustain good-paying jobs in Maine's rural communities.
January 13, 2017
Contractor named to design $50M Saco River water-treatment facility
January 9, 2017Maine Water has selected Hazen, an international engineering firm, for the engineering design services necessary to build a new water treatment facility near the Saco River in Biddeford.
January 9, 2017Can Maine take advantage of the new ‘Age of Timber’?
January 9, 2017I recently gave up a Saturday to attend the Wood Innovators Conference at the former Thomas Hammond & Son lumber mill in Hiram, which is re-purposing itself as a business incubator in that beautiful corner of western Maine.
January 9, 2017Counter-intuitive plan to save rare pig: Get more people to eat it
December 30, 2016Susan Frank, who owns Dogpatch Farm in rural Knox County town of Washington, is hoping to increase consumption of the rare American mulefoot hog that she raises in order to save the species.
December 30, 2016Waste-to-energy facility cited for 'environmental excellence'
December 29, 2016The Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, a waste-to energy facility in Orrington, received on Wednesday the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for its successful effort to achieve zero discharge of wastewater into the Penobscot River.
December 29, 2016Maine’s economic growth still lags in rural areas
December 28, 2016Maine's gross domestic product surpassed 2007 for the first time since the recession, but challenges remain.
December 28, 2016
Mainely Tubs joins the growing roster of Maine ESOPs
December 23, 2016Mainely Tubs in Scarborough became the latest Maine company to convert ownership to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and is now 100% owned by its 39 employees.
December 23, 2016Stein of the times: Geary sales slip in brew boom
November 30, 2016The growth of the craft beer market has caused a slide in production and sales for D.L. Geary Brewing Co., Portland's first craft brewer.
November 30, 2016
Report: Maine voters find common ground on clean energy, National Monument
October 25, 2016As Maine voters get ready to head to the polls, a new public opinion survey of likely Maine voters shows strong, bipartisan support for the new national monument, solar power and other clean energy development, the Land for Maine's Future Program
October 25, 2016Residents concerned about Alton landfill expansion
October 19, 2016Engineers from Casella Waste Systems are speaking before the Maine Board of Environmental Protection at a two-day public hearing to provide studies to support an expansion that would nearly double the 10-million-cubic-yard capacity of the state-
October 19, 2016Coffee By Design earns Certified B sustainability recognition
October 14, 2016Coffee By Design has joined the ranks of more than 1,600 worldwide companies as a Certified B Corporation, a recognition for its commitment to social and sustainability standards.
October 14, 2016
Maine flexes environmental muscles in 'Top 50 Green Colleges' list
October 12, 2016The College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor topped the list of the Princeton Review's seventh-annual edition of the “Top 50 Green Colleges of 2016.”
October 12, 2016Personal reflections on the Penobscot River Restoration Project
September 5, 2016My interest in the just-completed 16-year Penobscot River Restoration Project — which I've written about several times during my time at Mainebiz, including the Aug. 22 story about Kleinschmidt Associates' work on the Howland Natural Fish Passage —
September 5, 2016
On the record with John Rooks and Justin Jaffe, co-founders of Rapport
September 5, 2016In October, Rapport won a $100,000 investment from AOL founder Steve Case's Revolution Growth during a “Rise of the Rest” pitch competition. “In terms of importance, I've been referring to it as the 'Big Bang' moment," says co-founder Justin Jaffe.
September 5, 2016
UMaine scientists use tech to see-the-unseen in potential aquaculture sites
August 22, 2016Realtors will tell you buying property is all about “location, location, location.” The same is true for finding the best site for aquaculture, though varying conditions largely invisible to the human eye have till now made picking an area largely a
August 22, 2016
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