We don’t know what microfibers may be doing to us.
environment
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Hydro-Quebec answers key climate question
The company is wasting enough energy to fill a contract with Massachusetts.
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Posted inNation & World
Activists gather for climate march in Poland
Some demonstrators dress up as animals that are in danger of extinction from man-made global warming and deforestation.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Ecomaine CEO: Commitment to recycling will pay off as markets rebound
The investments made in community programs shouldn’t be abandoned because we’re in a slump.
Posted inMeet, Source
How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
Posted inMaine, Source
Volunteers at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ herbarium help curate its collection
They mount plants the old way, glued to acid-free paper, and the new – inputting facts online, with 21st-century implications.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Oyster farm proposal should ring alarms along entire Maine coast
The way the Mere Point plan was handled fails to take local input into account.
Posted inBusiness, News
Electronic fishery monitoring gets big boost in Gulf of Maine
A pair of private foundations and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund data collection efforts across the country, including a project to monior the Gulf of Maine’s groundfishery.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Yes, older adults shouldn’t be forgotten – but what about our kids?
We should at least try to leave the next generation something comparable to what we inherited.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
Smithfield, Virginia utility launch plan to capture methane from hog manure lagoons
The companies will spend $125 million each over 10 years to cover lagoons in North Carolina, Virginia and Utah – states where both have operations.