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Sustainability

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Proximity to Maine paper mills lures Mexican co.

    Darren Fishell May 21, 2013

    A Mexican chemical company is banking on sales to Maine's coated paper producers in its new partnership with the Searsport-based GAC Chemical.

    Darren Fishell May 21, 2013

  • MRRA creates design review board for Brunswick Landing

    April 24, 2013

    The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, which oversees the redevelopment of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station and the former Navy Annex in Topsham, has formed an ad hoc design review board to meet as needed to review development propos

    April 24, 2013

  • Maine lobster gets sustainability nod

    March 11, 2013

    As Legislators consider multiple bills to increase marketing of the state's signature crustacean, Maine's lobster industry received an international sustainability award this weekend that industry veterans say could help.

    March 11, 2013

  • Business group launches sustainability metric

    January 9, 2013

    Maine Businesses for Sustainability has launched a new online survey aimed at gauging environmental sustainability practices at businesses throughout the state.

    January 9, 2013

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Has this summer's rainy weather affected business?
Poll Description

The 2025 summer tourism season has gotten off to a rainy start, with rain affecting at least part of each weekend so far.  

For businesses like wedding venues, tour boats or restaurants that depend on outdoor seating, rain can put a damper on attendance and sales. 

Office-based businesses may not be as affected.

And farms, orchards and nurseries may welcome rain — as long as it doesn't come with high winds or all at once. 

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