In addition to its controversial transmission line project in Maine, the firm is pushing two big wind farms off the coast of Nantucket Island to furnish green power to New England.
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Tick-borne illnesses Lyme and anaplasmosis increased in Maine in 2019
Since 2012, the state has had a more-than tenfold increase in cases of anaplasmosis, which has more severe symptoms than Lyme disease.
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Gov. Mills urges federal help on climate change for smaller, rural states
In a letter, she asks Congress to focus more on offshore wind, renewable energy and weatherization.
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Maine undecided on joining regional plan to reduce vehicle pollution
The Transportation Climate Initiative proposes to reduce greenhouse gas pollution by capping and pricing tailpipe emissions throughout the Northeast.
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Reducing emissions from transportation is a long, difficult road for Maine
A preference for pickups, paltry spending on public transit options and slow adoption of electric vehicles create significant obstacles for the state’s ambitious goals.
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Susan Collins and Angus King join other senators in calling for swift action on climate crisis
Susan Collins is the only Republican senator to sign the Dec. 9 letter calling current U.S. efforts ’threadbare‘ and urging more action by the federal government.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time ‘Person of the year’
The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Thunberg is the youngest person to be named Time’s ‘Person of the year.’
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House passes Rep. Pingree’s measure to protect working waterfronts
Rep. Chellie Pingree’s bill would provide federal loans and grants to preserve access for fishermen, boatyards and the public and defend against climate change damage.
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Gov. Mills orders state agencies to step up Maine’s fight against climate change
The governor announces her executive order at the Blaine House, where solar panels designed to meet 25 percent of the electricity demand at the governor’s residence have been installed.
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Kelp, the forests of the sea, vanishing from southern Maine as Gulf warms
Fish don’t much like the scrubby invasive seaweeds that are replacing them, researchers find.