clean energy
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PublishedJune 22, 2024
Opinion: Misguided rate increases ignore Maine ratepayers, clean energy developers
Maine is wrong to place the financial costs of the state’s climate plans on its own residents' utility bills.
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PublishedJune 9, 2024
Our View: Mitigation of climate change must not be lost to its management
We seem eerily good at bracing for and braving the tumult that a changing climate throws our way – and less good at working to arrest the change.
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PublishedMay 28, 2024
U.S. offers state a lease to research offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine
The move could establish Maine as a leader in developing the offshore wind industry and provide valuable information about how to build out similar projects.
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PublishedMay 22, 2024
Maine launches job board to connect people with openings in ‘clean energy’ sector
Just weeks after releasing a study detailing the growth of clean energy jobs in Maine, the state on Wednesday launched a board to help workers find jobs and employers to fill vacancies.
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PublishedMay 19, 2024
Sears Island has staved off industrialization for decades. Now it may become Maine’s wind port.
Even environmentalists disagree over whether the state's largest uninhabited island is an ideal site for Maine to stake a claim in the offshore wind industry. Many say Mack Point's the better choice.
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PublishedMay 8, 2024
Subsidized heat pump installation is driving growth of clean energy jobs in Maine
Maine's 'clean energy economy' accounted for 15,000 jobs at the end of 2022, posting stronger growth than the economy generally, according to a study commissioned by the Governor's Energy Office.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Maine to extend solar power to low-income communities, helped by $62 million from Washington
Maine's programs are intended to bring solar power to renters and homeowners, rural and urban households and others that may not be well-suited for on-site solar.
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PublishedApril 14, 2024
Opinion: Maine has no need for dirty, outdated sources of gas
A dedicated study will pull back the curtain on gas industry misinformation.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2024
Steel, cement and – cheese? U.S. spends big to cut these carbon footprints.
Funding is announced for 33 projects that are expected to eliminate more than 14 million metric tons of carbon emissions each year – equivalent to taking about 3 million gasoline-powered cars off the roads for a year.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
As electric vehicle sales slow, U.S. relaxes plans for stricter auto emissions standards – for a while
The EPA will slow implementation from 2027 to 2029 but then ramps up to reach the level the agency stipulates from 2030 to 2032.