This year’s extreme weather led to a 50% drop in production among Maine’s biggest apple growers and a 30% decline among wild blueberry farmers.
environment
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
UNE launches buoy off Camp Ellis to collect local storm and climate data
The data will help a coastal Saco neighborhood prone to flooding prepare for a wetter, stormier future.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine Crime, News
Maine’s lobster population is declining. Is the industry at risk?
A new report says Gulf of Maine lobsters are healthy but are being caught faster than they can be replaced in a warming environment.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Mainers are switching to biodegradable boat wrap. But is it too good to be true?
The manufacturer of BioWrap, a pale green, single-use shrink wrap, claims the material breaks down in less than 5 years.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Maine
Seeing more dead squirrels in Maine? It’s no 2018, but there is a spike | Column
The squirrel apocalypse seven years ago may have changed us forever.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Is Maine’s drought making seasonal allergies worse?
During extended dry periods, pollen and mold spores picked up by the wind stay airborne longer and travel farther, experts say. But data is limited.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine company cranks out thousands of otter T-shirts after Swifties donate $2.3 million
Liberty Graphics in Midcoast Maine is tackling the biggest order in its history: 35,000 copies of a vintage 1990s T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Endangered North Atlantic right whale numbers up slightly
For the fourth year in a row, estimated annual births outnumbered deaths for the critically endangered species.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine offers free medical tests for residents exposed to PFAS
Covering the cost of blood tests for more than 600 households in areas where farms used sludge to fertilize their fields represents a turning point in the state’s response to the crisis, from tracking to direct medical intervention.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so.