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July 4, 2008
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Press releases, events, publications released, etc. from Maine environmental organizations and agencies. Submit content.
Solar Mower talk at F.W. Horch
Event - Thursday, July 03, 2008
On Thursday, July 10, at 7 pm, Guy Marsden will be at F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies in Brunswick to demonstrate how to remove the gasoline motor from a lawn mower and replace it with an electric motor and a battery, which can then be charged with solar panels. Converting a gas mower to solar is featured as one of "Ten Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet" in the July 2008 issue of Popular Science Magazine. |
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Maine's Piping Plovers Facing Worst Summer in Nearly 20 Years
Press Release - Monday, June 30, 2008
As the summer rush of beachgoers begins, biologists are saying the endangered piping plover is already having the worst breeding season in nearly 20 years on Maine's beaches--making it especially important for people to pay attention and respect birds' needs. |
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Restoration of Seabird Populations in Maine Topic of Talk - Rockland, July 2nd
Event - Thursday, June 26, 2008
Susie Meadows, manager of the Project Puffin Visitor Center, will discuss some of the factors limiting Maine seabird populations and will discuss how techniques, developed by Project Puffin, have led to the restoration of puffins and terns to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. Her presentation will take place at the Project Puffin Visitor Center on Wednesday, July 2, at 5 p.m. |
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Workshops on Invasive Aquatic Plants Scheduled
Press Release - Thursday, June 19, 2008
On Tuesday, July 8, a session titled “Introduction to Invasive Plant Patrol” will be held from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at Ellsworth City Hall. On Tuesday, Aug. 19, a session titled “Advanced Plant ID” will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Ellsworth City Hall. |
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AMC to offer outdoor programs to all Piscataquis County schoolchildren
Press Release - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has intensified its commitment to outdoor education in the 100-Mile Wilderness region with a new program aimed at helping schoolchildren in Piscataquis County make a closer connection with the outdoors. The effort is part of AMC’s broader Maine Woods Initiative, which addresses regional ecological and economic needs through outdoor recreation, resource protection, sustainable forestry and community partnerships.
Building on the early success of collaborative programs with local schools, AMC is working with educators to offer hands-on outdoor learning opportunities to all schoolchildren in Piscataquis County.
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Downeast Lakes Land Trust to Add 6,644 Acres to Community Forest: Half-way to $3.2 Million Capital Campaign Goal
Press Release - Friday, June 13, 2008
Grand Lake Stream, Maine: The Downeast Lakes Land Trust (DLLT) announced this week that it plans to purchase 6,644 acres of forestland around Wabassus Lake in central Washington County. DLLT intends to transfer a conservation easement on the property to the State of Maine, to practice sustainable forestry on its woodlands, and to keep it open to the public forever, with guaranteed access for hiking, canoeing, camping, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, and other recreation. |
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Test Drive an Electric Car
Event - Friday, June 06, 2008
F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods and Supplies, 56 Maine St., Brunswick, will host a "Meet the Electric Car" test-drive and educational event with Maine Electric Vehicles from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, June 12th. Maine Electric Vehicles will have two different models of "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles" on hand for test-drives on Maine Street in Brunswick. For more information, please call 729-4050 or visit www.FWHorch.com. |
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Come Walk Among the Old Trees of Maine
Event - Thursday, June 05, 2008
Its National Trails Day. What better way then join Native Forest Network (NFN) on an organized bushwack to one of Maine's last remaining old growth stands.
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Thorncrag Summer Birds
Event - Sunday, June 01, 2008
Thorncrag holds a variety of birds in the summer – including resident bluebirds and bobolinks. Join trip leaders Stan and Joan DeOrsey as we explore for the residents of Thorncrag |
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Land Conservation Success in Maine Attracts National Funding
Press Release - Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization, was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts for a program designed to build capacity of land conservation groups in Maine. |
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Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership Completes Fundraising Campaign
Press Release - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Governor John Baldacci joined members of the New England Forestry Foundation and the Downeast Lakes Land Trust to celebrate the completion of the Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership's seven-year, $34.8 million capital campaign. |
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Editorial: Building a better house
Bangor Daily News - Friday, February 29, 2008
85 percent of new homes in Maine do not meet the minimum standards of an energy building code used in 40 states, including the other five New England states. |
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EPA completes cleanup of Freedom warehouse
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
BOSTON — EPA has completed the successful removal of thousands of 5-gallon-or-smaller sized containers present at 28 Skidgel Lane in Freedom. A total of $368,000 was spent to identify and properly dispose of a variety of substances, leftover from a family-run retail operation. Solvents, thinners, pesticides, herbicides and adhesives were found stored in significant quantities in a warehouse. |
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From Trash to Treasure
LivingGreenMaine.com - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The fine art of turning trash to treasure has become more than just a quirky pastime. In this age of reduce, re-use and recycle, the “trash to treasure” concept has real value.
Some people recycle so-called “junk” because they have no other choice. Economic constraints dictate that they use and re-use. Other trash-to-treasure practitioners have always recycled because they just naturally felt that it was a good thing to do. And now, everyone, regardless of status or income, will benefit by getting on the trash-to-treasure bandwagon. |
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Opinion: Governor, keep your hands off DIF&W
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
It’s time to recognize the critical role this department plays in Maine’s economy and heritage and give it the funding and modern tools it needs to serve what is now widely recognized as our state’s principal asset: our quality of place. |
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Editorial: CFLs and safety
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Last year, DEP staff broke 45 CFLs in small- to moderate-sized rooms and tested mercury vapor levels and cleanup techniques to create the recommended response report. |
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Maine to consider tracking toxins in toys, products
Portland Press Herald - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Maine would become one of the first states to track toxic chemicals in toys and household products under legislation proposed by Gov. John Baldacci and a Democratic leader in the Legislature. |
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Kid-Safe Products Bill: News Conference And Public Hearing set for Thursday
LivingGreenMaine.com - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
On Thursday, Feb. 28 at noon, a broad coalition of Mainers will hold a news conference in support of the Kid-Safe Products bill, LD 2048. At 1:00 p.m., in Cross State Office Building, room 214, the Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on this bill: “An Act to Protect Children’s Health and the Environment from Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products” (LD 2048), which would help protect kids from unnecessary, dangerous chemicals found in toys and other children’s products. |
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DEP revises advice on cleanup for CFLs
Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
 Maine environmental officials have revised their recommendations for cleaning up shattered compact fluorescent lights based on new studies that examined the amount of mercury released when the popular energy-saving bulbs break. |
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Opinion: Corn can't save us: Debunking the biofuel myth
Kennebec Journal - Monday, February 25, 2008
 Dwindling foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump, and hype from politically well-connected U.S. agribusiness have combined to create a frenzied rush to convert food grains into ethanol fuel. The move is badly conceived and ill advised. Corporate spin and pork barrel legislation aside, here, by the numbers, are the scientific reasons why corn won't provide our energy needs. |
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Waldo County groups sponsor new Eat Local ChallengeBe a Locavore!
LivingGreenMaine.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
BELFAST — Join in the March Eat Local Challenge as we discover what local foods are available during this sparse time of year. Sponsored by the Belfast Co-op, Food for Maine's Future, The Green Sanctuary Committee of the UU Church of Belfast, and WERU, this challenge is intended to open our eyes to Maine's bounty and help us plan better so each year we can increase the amount of local foods we eat. For challenge details visit the Belfast Co-op or go to www.belfast.coop.
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Co-operative Maine: News from a new organization
LivingGreenMaine.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
Co-op Maine, which is just about a year old, is a diverse group that helps co-ops in Maine to work together on various projects. “Co-op” is defined in the broadest sense as credit unions, lobster co-ops, food co-ops, housing co-ops, electric co-ops, and the like. Among our members are people involved with the Oak Street Housing Co-op in Bath, Maine Feeds Maine, Belfast Food Cooperative, Local Sprouts Cooperative Catering (Portland) and Downeast Credit Union. |
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Leaching lead found in household product
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, February 21, 2008
After discovering a blacked out label on a popular outdoor product, one local man took a closer look and discovered that his household garden hose contained harmful chemicals. When Ed Taylor of Warren purchased a Colorite Waterworks light duty garden hose from the Home Depot in Rockland, he planned to use the hose to fill buckets of water to feed his horses.
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Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Salmon Protection
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Several environmental groups in Maine are going to court in an effort to force the federal government to list the Kennebec River's Atlantic salmon population as endangered. |
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Lobster Fishermen Speak Out Against Federal Rules
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
 Maine lobstermen continue to object to new federal regulations set to take effect in October that will require them to switch from floating line to sinking line in an effort to protect endangered right whales. Today more than 150 lobstermen showed up in Brewer for a hearing convened by Maine Senator Olympia Snowe to try to convince federal regulators to delay implementation. |
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Augusta firm to aid wind project
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
According to the company, the project will generate 357 million kilowatt hours per year, equivalent to the electricity needs of about 50,000 average households, taking into account the variability of wind speeds. |
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Lobster catch tumbles by 23% in 2007
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
State and industry officials have said fluctuations are considered normal and that a year or two of declines does not necessarily mean the fishery is in trouble. |
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Chewonki sets goals to reduce carbon emissions
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A Maine foundation that operates environmental education programs, including boys and girls camps, announced plans Tuesday to reduce the organization’s carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. |
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Natural Resources Council of Maine
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Free Bus Rides Offered | | Rides on city buses will be free on Fridays this summer through Aug. 29, part of an effort to encour... | | 6/30/2008 12:00:00 AM |
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Down to Earth: Portland Press Herald
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