Links between climate change, traditional Maine industries highlighted in Senate debate
During the second U.S. Senate debate on Monday evening, Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon and Independent candidate Lisa Savage called for strong climate solutions to...
As climate change threatens Maine fisheries, it’s not all bad news for oysters
Despite the threat climate change poses to longstanding Maine fisheries such as lobsters and softshell clams, and the harm it already has inflicted on northern...
BDN Climate: Coastal resilience and sea level rise
We know that climate change is dangerously affecting our planet. The topic of climate change can seem overwhelming, and our goal is to use these...
Maine Makes Record Renewable Procurement
The Maine PUC announced a 546-MW procurement of renewable energy, its largest since restructuring more than 20 years ago.
Maine company looks to tidal power as renewable energy’s next generation
After years of development, tidal and river energy supporters say the technology is on the cusp of wider commercial deployment, especially if it can win...
Renewable energy in Maine gets a big boost
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved 17 renewable energy projects, representing the largest procurement of renewable energy in Maine’s history. Officials say the projects...
Solar wins big in project selection to advance Maine’s clean energy goals
Maine’s ambitious clean-energy and climate-fighting goals reached an important milestone Tuesday when the state Public Utilities Commission approved contracts for 17 renewable power projects –...
How Maine’s US Senate candidates differ on climate change and the environment
The effects of climate change are already broadly felt in Maine and across the U.S., from stronger hurricanes, to out-of-control wildfires, to warming in the...