State officials and conservationists want one or more of the Canadian-owned dams removed to let salmon reach the Sandy River.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster
Clothing line benefits environment, boosts soccer franchise efforts
The leader of the campaign to bring a United Soccer League franchise to Portland says the Forest City collection “is a fun way to engage the community” as their work moves forward.
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Posted inBooks, Food
Dine In Maine: Ready, set, read!
Looking for five Maine books for your culinary reading list? Try our restaurant critic’s “favorite contenders.”
Posted inNation & World
Pace of climate change shown in new report has humanity on ‘suicidal’ path, U.N. leader warns
A U.N. State of the Climate report, a product of the World Meteorological Organization and other U.N. agencies, found that the past six years, including 2020, are likely to be the six warmest on record.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump administration finally gets one right, rejects Alaska mine permit
The public good outweighs corporate desires in this decision, though it bears the weight of Donald Trump Jr.’s thumb.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine’s bold climate action plan will require money, commitment
The plan would cost billions of dollars to execute, but state leaders say the cost of doing nothing would be even greater.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Invite wildlife in with a ‘lawn conversion’
Replace your lawn with a meadow of native perennials. Then sit back and wait for the birds, bees and butterflies to show up.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Upcycling is the new recycling
Food manufacturers across the United States are taking food waste and turning it into tasty food – and making re-use a selling point.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
GM sides with California in fight with Trump over pollution standards
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Trump officials rush to auction drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it
The administration called for oil companies to pick spots where they’d like to drill.