environment

Published
October 30, 2016

In post-fact society, emotions and ideology increasingly squelch scientific evidence

The candidates in next week's election offer stark differences on turning back climate change.
Published
October 30, 2016

The value of rockweed is rising – as are tensions over its ownership

Concerns over the ecological consequences of cutting the commonplace seaweed have led to a lawsuit.
Published
September 29, 2016

Interactive map: as rainfall lags, watch drought spread across New England

Drought conditions have steadily intensified and spread across New England over the course of an unusually dry summer.
Published
August 7, 2016

New nonprofit urges Mainers to plant wild native seeds

The 2-year-old Wild Seed Project says native animals depend on native plants.
Published
July 26, 2016

Moratorium sought on supertankers carrying ‘tar sands’ oil in U.S. waters

TransCanada's plan to pipe the heavy crude to Saint John for shipping down the East Coast raises spill concerns in Maine and elsewhere.
Published
July 10, 2016

Anne D. Burt relishing role as climate change activist

At 71, she has spent many years passionately advocating for social, economic and environmental justice.
Published
July 8, 2016

Letter to the editor: LePage support of Mainers’ well-being is too limited

It’s heartening to know that our governor listens to people about things that could possibly affect our health and well-being. It would be more reassuring if the list went beyond Ralph Stevens, the retired mechanic who earned an executive order from Gov. LePage to study ethanol as a driver of the opioid crisis. The prospect […]
Published
July 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: For fragile shore and more, let’s end fireworks displays

Fireworks on our exquisite beach Monday night gave powerful concussive assaults for what seemed to be a very long show. Tuesday at 6 a.m., the smell of gunpowder lingered, but from a distance the beach appeared clean. As I neared the waterline, though, there were hundreds of tubes and “plugs” left there earlier by the […]
Published
July 3, 2016

A hurricane helps whet a Unity College student’s appetite for water work

Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd received a $50,000 fellowship for her environmental research.
Published
June 19, 2016

Paul Jessen’s the man who helps Tom’s of Maine stay green

And for this Yale School of Management graduate that means more than just the minty fresh way.