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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Unsung champs of carbon capture, small Maine woodlots can have big impact
Fires in the Amazon this summer have increased global awareness of the role of rainforests in tempering climate change. Less appreciated is the carbon storage capacity of forests like Maine's.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Maine will use $3 million from VW settlement to fund fuel-efficient vehicles
Schools, local government and businesses can replace old diesel engines, using money from a settlement over charges that the car company tried to cheat on emissions tests.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Regulator: Decision on CMP rate request likely to be delayed
PUC Chairman Philip Bartlett tells lawmakers that the commission will consider recent customer service problems as it weighs the proposed 10.65 percent rate increase, but cannot 'simply say no.'
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Regulators hear CMP customers’ complaints about soaring bills and ‘horrific’ service
The Public Utilities Commission holds a hearing in Portland as part of its investigation into the company's billing and customer service practices, along with a rate hike it has requested.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
CMP misled the public, mismanaged rollout of new billing system
A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation reveals that layers of Central Maine Power management misjudged the enormity of changing over to a new billing system, leaving thousands of angry and frustrated customers.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Mills signs wind bill, announces plans to advance offshore energy
The bill will direct regulators to approve a power contract that advances the University of Maine's long-delayed offshore wind project.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Bills to energize renewable-power development in Maine go to governor
Clean-energy supporters are celebrating the pending passage of 2 bills that serve as foundations to advance renewable power in Maine.
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PublishedJune 9, 2019
After pause, Maine may have missed the boat on offshore wind
The East Coast is poised for billions of dollars in investment from companies building wind farms in the ocean from Virginia to Massachusetts. Despite a bill in the Maine Legislature to get an experimental floating wind farm back on track, Maine will be challenged to regain the momentum it had prior to the LePage years.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Summit to tap dairy cows to make pipeline gas
Summit Natural Gas unveils a plan to make biogas from cow manure on a farm in Clinton and pump it into their pipeline network.
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PublishedMay 16, 2019
Bates College achieves carbon neutral status to help stave off climate change
Bates is the seventh college in the country to reach its goal pronounced in 2007.
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