Here in Maine one of the most controversial public policy issues of recent years has been over a project to connect the massive hydroelectric dams in northern Quebec with the… Read more »
Article Topic: environment
Conservation groups to sue $600 billion firm over salmon deaths at Maine dams
In Saturday’s Portland Press Herald I wrote an update on the ongoing dispute over the future of sea run fish in Maine’s Kennebec River and the survival of endangered Atlantic… Read more »
Four dams, the Kennebec River and the future of US Atlantic salmon in the balance
While the pandemic has been raging across the world, a high-stakes battle over the future of one of Maine’s largest river systems has been playing out in an obscure federal… Read more »
Maine Climate Council: state meeting near-term targets, but transportation fix a challenge
Under Gov. Janet Mills, Maine has committed to a range of relatively tough climate goals: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent (vis a vis 1990 levels) by 2030; becoming… Read more »
Bills to protect working waterfronts, tribal women pass US House, sit at Senate
Some non-impeachment related Washington news. I’ve recently reported on the passage of a couple of bills in the US House that are of particular importance in Maine. They’re broadly regarded… Read more »
Kelp, “forests of the sea,” vanishing from parts of warming Gulf of Maine
Kelp, a foundation species with a role not unlike that of corals in tropical seas, is vanishing from the coasts of New Hampshire and southern Maine due to the rapid… Read more »
Is Maine’s decades-long lobster boom about to end?
I recently reported on a new scientific study that suggests Maine’s lobster boom is about to come to an abrupt end, with landings returning to historic levels over the next… Read more »
Maine’s governor wants the state carbon-neutral by 2045. What will that take?
At the United Nations, Governor Janet Mills pledged to make Maine carbon-neutral by 2045, tasking the new Maine Climate Council to come up with a plan to do so via… Read more »
Maine launches its Climate Council, charged with slashing emissions
Last Thursday I covered the opening launch event of the Maine Climate Council, the 39-member body charged with coming up with detailed plans to slash Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions by… Read more »