Silver Moore-Leamon wants Auburn’s recycling program to be improved so it can be successful.
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Is Maine’s recycling in the trash?
Auburn is one of the latest Maine municipalities to consider ending recycling because of rising costs, low participation and improper recycling habits by residents. Supporters say haste will make waste.
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Gov. Mills proposes climate council to pursue emissions, energy goals
Following up on earlier pledges, the governor proposes setting ambitious goals for reducing Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions and obtaining electricity from renewable energy sources.
Posted inBusiness
First they came for plastic bags; coffee cups are next
As local and national governments move to tax — or ban — to-go cups, Starbucks and Dunkin’ race to find an alternative.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Houses still using petroleum
2010: 80.4% of homes used heating oil and propane 2017: 71.9% of homes used heating oil and propane If 100,000 heat pumps were installed in Maine over the next five years, the state would use between 27 million to 54 million fewer gallons of oil a year, a reduction of between 9.5% and 19% of […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Heat pump myths
Myth No. 1: Heat pumps do not work well in the winter, so turn them off. Wrong. Michael Stoddard of the state agency Efficiency Maine said that was true 10 years ago, but today’s high-efficiency heat pumps work well, even in the dead of winter. “Let them run as much as possible, providing as much […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
This writer’s experience: I’m glad we got a heat pump
A heat pump was not on our radar when my husband and I decided to get an energy audit to see about ways of reducing the heating bills at our Portland home. It was the energy auditor who knew about them. After analyzing our house with gadgets that measured heat loss, he gave us lots […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Experts: You can save money and help the planet with a heat pump
Gov. Janet Mills will encourage installation of 100,000 heat pumps in homes and buildings in the next 5 years to save Mainers money and reduce fossil fuel use.
Posted inMaine, News
Lead paint safety program working in Maine, research shows
More Maine homes are being tested thanks to a new, lower threshold at which lead is found in children who live there.
Posted inMaine, News
Is South Portland the ‘greenest’ city in Maine? It’s a leader, for sure
From building the state’s largest municipal solar array to taking on an international oil company, Maine’s fourth-largest city just might be its most environmentally active.