Penny is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
-
PublishedMarch 29, 2023
State considers $5.5 million bailout for Maine dairy industry
Over the last 2 years, Maine has lost a quarter of its dairy farms to runaway electricity, fuel and fertilizer costs, and skyrocketing interest rates. Only 161 remain in operation.
-
PublishedMarch 27, 2023
Maine lawmakers asked to crack down on ‘grass-fed’ beef label
Farmers say they spend extra time and money raising cattle strictly on grass, and mislabeling cheats them and people who are paying extra for something they’re not getting.
-
PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Social workers on front lines ask lawmakers for support, reinforcements
A bill presented Friday would expand a program to cover student loan debt for eligible social workers in hopes of attracting, and keeping, more professionals to help children and adults who are waiting for support.
-
PublishedMarch 23, 2023
Maine lawmakers consider bill to keep funding lobster legal defense
As the industry battles federal right-whale regulations, L.D. 710 calls for allocating 20% of the fishery’s license surcharges – about $380,000 a year – to the legal defense fund through 2030.
-
PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Pine Tree Amendment would enshrine a constitutional right to a clean environment
Supporters say it would give Mainers legal standing on issues such as PFAS and mining, but critics say it is too vague and would lead to endless litigation.
-
PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Maine lawmakers want federal waiver allowing asylum seekers to work right away
Current federal law requires that they wait 6 months after applying for asylum.
-
PublishedMarch 19, 2023
From Maine to California, the solution to sludge disposal is not settled
In fact, the approach in Maine – banning the spread on farmland because of PFAS risks – directly opposes the tack by eco-conscious California. Here’s how the science is evolving.
-
PublishedMarch 13, 2023
Lawmakers consider marijuana social clubs, boosting home grow
Both proposals were endorsed by Maine voters in the 2016 marijuana legalization referendum.
-
PublishedMarch 8, 2023
Landfill operator tells lawmakers it has temporary fix to Maine’s sludge disposal crisis
Casella, the operator of the state-owned landfill that had stopped accepting biosolids from wastewater treatment, says it has found a temporary home for Maine’s sludge in New Brunswick, buying time to find a long-term solution.
-
PublishedMarch 6, 2023
Lawmakers to hear about Maine sludge disposal crisis
The Maine DEP and the operator of the state’s largest landfill will brief state lawmakers on Maine’s sludge crisis on Wednesday.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- …
- 83
- Next Page →