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Sustainability

  • Garbage to Garden's founder on how the Portland-based service has grown

    Tina Fischer May 19, 2014

    Tyler Frank's Portland-based composting service, Garbage to Garden, germinated from a simple proposition when a roommate wondered, “Wouldn't it be great if we could put our kitchen scraps on the curb and have them picked up?”

    Tina Fischer May 19, 2014

  • Fed report says Americans feel climate change impact

    Lori Valigra May 6, 2014

    The government this morning released its much-anticipated and newest assessment of climate change in the United States, concluding that American

    Lori Valigra May 6, 2014

  • Hidden Valley's David Moskovitz targets business model for Maine woods recreation

    Douglas Rooks May 5, 2014

    Sitting at a picnic table in a clearing on a late winter morning surrounded by 1,000 acres of forest, David Moskovitz talks about his latest business venture, Hidden Valley Nature Center — though it's not the one he's best known for.

    Douglas Rooks May 5, 2014

  • Bangor's air healthy, but be careful inhaling in southern Maine

    May 1, 2014

    Bangor has some of the best air quality in the country, but southern Maine residents still are breathing unhealthy levels of pollution, an American Lung Association report found.

    May 1, 2014

  • UMaine fishery studies get federal grants

    April 25, 2014

    Two University of Maine research projects that seek to benefit the U.S. fishing industry have received a total of nearly $479,000 in federal grants.

    April 25, 2014

  • Solar development bill becomes law

    Dylan Martin April 25, 2014

    Coastal Enterprises Inc., one of Maine’s leading nonprofit financial firms, said a solar energy development bill passed into law on Thursday will help boost the state’s business growth.

    Dylan Martin April 25, 2014

  • Maine more than 2 degrees warmer since first Earth Day

    April 22, 2014

    New research shows that Maine’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the first Earth Day was celebrated 44 years ago today on April 22, 1970.

    April 22, 2014

  • Housing developer raises cash in advance of vote

    December 17, 2013

    Developers of a “progressive” 29-condo development on Portland’s Munjoy Hill have raised around $1.4 million for the project in an equity offering.

    December 17, 2013

  • Thermogen prepares to enter budding bio-coal market

    James McCarthy November 25, 2013

    As a startup company using a revolutionary microwave process to create bio-coal, Thermogen Industries LLC stands at the threshold of market viability.

    James McCarthy November 25, 2013

  • Maine declines joining zero-emission vehicle effort

    October 28, 2013

    Maine officials have declined signing on to a multi-state effort to increase the number of zero-emission vehicles in use.

    October 28, 2013

  • Cate Street reaches tax-repayment plan

    July 29, 2013

    Cate Street Capital, owner of the Great Northern Paper Co. mill in East Millinocket, has reached a tentative agreement to pay the town $350,000 as a half-year payment on its past-due property taxes.

    July 29, 2013

  • CMP offers $15K grants to buy or lease plug-in cars

    July 25, 2013

    Central Maine Power Co. is offering a limited number of grants, up to $15,000 per recipient, to encourage the use of plug-in hybrid or electric cars in Maine.

    July 25, 2013

  • UMaine associate professor selected for Fulbright

    July 23, 2013

    A University of Maine associate professor in the Maine Business School has won a Fulbright Scholarship to research how and why businesses adopt sustainability practices.

    July 23, 2013

  • 3 cos. share sustainability benchmarking results

    James McCarthy June 24, 2013

    Andy Whitman, director of Manomet Center for Conservation Science's Natural Capital Initiative, is a scientist with a degree in wildlife ecology.

    James McCarthy June 24, 2013

  • Peaks Island entrepreneurs launch sustainable design tool

    James McCarthy June 24, 2013

    Every new startup is a variation on the theme of wanting to build a better mousetrap.

    James McCarthy June 24, 2013

  • First Wind proposes 62-turbine wind farm

    May 29, 2013

    First Wind, the Boston-based wind energy developer, has proposed building a 62-turbine wind farm in the western Maine communities of Bingham, Mayfield Township and Kingsbury Plantation.

    May 29, 2013

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Today's Poll

Does cruise ship season help your business?
Poll Description

Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy, 

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