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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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MAINE REPORTS: 'Eco-resort community' proposed
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, March 30, 2008
The owner of 3,300 acres of undeveloped land that abuts the entrance to the Schoodic Point section of Acadia National Park is exploring development of an "eco-resort community." Two closed-door meetings have been held thus far to discuss the proposal with town officials and state legislators. |
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Rock snot threat has fishermen on lookout
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, March 30, 2008
Rock snot, also commonly called didymo, is an invasive species that appears to hitch rides from one river to another on boots or waders worn by fishermen. Once introduced to a new stream that has clean, fast-moving water, didymo can spread quickly and coat the rocky bottom with gooey brown mats of algae, potentially impacting river ecosystems, including fish populations. It was detected in New England last summer and could spread to Maine waters without vigilance. |
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Over 100 Contaminants Found in Maine Birds - Unprecedented Study Finds
Other - Thursday, March 27, 2008
The BioDiversity Research Institute recently released a new report documenting that over 100 harmful contaminants were found in 23 species of Maine bird eggs. Contaminants found included flame retardants (PBDEs), industrial stain and water repellants (PFCs), transformer coolants (PCBs), pesticides (OCs), and mercury, though banned chemicals were significantly lower than in the past showing the effectiveness of this method of toxics prevention. Source: The Free Press. |
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250 children in Maine are found to suffer from lead poisoning annualy
Kennebec Journal - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
House Speaker Glenn Cummings on Tuesday called childhood lead poisoning "a completely preventable disease" that can be wiped out with education and money raised by keeping in place a 25-cent-per-gallon fee on paint. Cummings, a Portland Democrat, said he and his wife were stunned to learn years ago that their 18-month-old son suffered from lead poisoning related to home renovations. |
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Mars Hill wind farm celebrates a year of clean power
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
 State officials touted Maine’s capacity to become a major producer of pollution-free wind power on Tuesday during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of electricity production at the Mars Hill wind farm. The Aroostook County facility has produced an estimated 133.5 million kilowatt-hours of power since beginning commercial operation in late March 2007. That is roughly the equivalent annual electricity demand of more than 19,000 New England homes.
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Land trusts awarded $666,566 grant
Bangor Daily News - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A recently announced conservation grant will protect 3,800 acres of wetlands, adjacent uplands and more than three miles of shoreline in the greenway corridor north of Bangor Mall extending to Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Hudson. |
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Bowdoin to Offset Carbon Emissions with Wind Power
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bowdoin College has announced a three-year agreement to buy so-called renewable energy certificates, or REC's, from the owner of the Mars Hill Wind farm in Aroostook County. |
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Environmental Regulators Defend Treatment of Maine Scientist
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency is defending its dismissal of a Maine scientist from a panel assessing chemical safety, following industry allegations of bias. But others say a double standard is at work, and Governor John Baldacci wants the panelist reinstated. |
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Global Warming: Is the debate over?
LivingGreenMaine.com - Monday, March 24, 2008
 UNITY — The Global Warming debate in the scientific community is essentially over, according to Dr. George Jacobson of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. “These are facts that are not disputable at all in any scientific way,” Jacobson told the crowd gathered Saturday morning, March 15, at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Education Center in Unity. MOFGA held its Spring Growth Conference on “Energy, Climate and Agriculture” over the weekend. |
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For some, recycling takes much creativity
Portland Press Herald - Sunday, March 23, 2008
For most Portlanders, recycling couldn’t get much easier. Just throw paper, plastic and metal into a single bin and haul it to the curb once a week. |
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Bangor: Mall area pollution focus of draft plan
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 21, 2008
Local officials received mixed reviews Thursday on a draft plan to reduce pollution in the Penjajawoc Stream and Meadow Brook without stifling development in one of the city’s prime commercial districts. |
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Belfast Eat Local Celebration planned
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
Celebrate community, the local harvest, good food and Maine farmers and producers! Throughout March, folks have taken part in an Eat Local Challenge, using Maine-grown food from their larders and from local producers. Once the Challenge is completed, the public is invited to join participants and local growers to celebrate with a community potluck and dance on Wednesday, April 2 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the UU Church in Belfast. |
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Sustainable and renewable energy the way of the future
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
BELFAST — Environmentalist and sustainable lifestyle practitioner Bob Bailey wants you to use renewable energy, and it is hard to find fault with his reasoning. First of all, he’ll explain that the expiration of fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil is looming in the not-so-distant future. |
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Criticism of Plum Creek's plan continues
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, March 20, 2008
New sparring has broken out between critics of the Plum Creek development proposal for the Moosehead Lake region and the developer. |
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Opinion: Plum Creek deal good one for Maine
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
As the chief economic development officers for Somerset and Piscataquis counties, we welcome a healthy debate about what constitutes sustainable economic development in northern Maine. |
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Groups join for effort to add land to refuge
Portland Press Herald - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Several conservation organizations are teaming up for a $7 million land acquisition that would preserve a rare, largely undeveloped 110-acre piece of property along southern Maine's coast in Kennebunkport. |
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OPINION: Is modern religion relevant to the greatest challenge humans have ever faced: global warming?
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, March 13, 2008
Human beings and Earth are facing a potential catastrophe. Things that normally happen in geologic time are happening during the span of a human lifetime. As global temperatures rise and sea levels climb, shrinking glaciers are significant contributors to rising seas. There’s little doubt that greenhouse gasses released by agriculture, industry, automobiles and coal-fired generation are a key factor in changing the world’s climate. |
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Belfast Energy Challenge winner gets CFS bulbs
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, March 13, 2008
The winner of the first Belfast Energy Challenge turned down the thermostat five degrees and put on ski togs to stay warm. Belinda Pendleton and her husband, Dr. Thomas Maycock, won the Participation Award and will receive an assortment of compact fluorescent light bulbs, which save energy and last longer. |
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MOFGA hires director for Common Ground Country Fair
LivingGreenMaine.com - Thursday, March 13, 2008
UNITY � The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) has hired a new director for its annual event, the Common Ground Country Fair. MOFGA member and resident of Freeport Jim Ahearne joined MOFGA's staff this week, diving into coordinating the myriad details and logistics of Maine's renowned celebration of the organic harvest and vibrant local economies. |
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Farm links local growers, school lunch programs
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, March 13, 2008
 Rippling Waters has invited nearly 60 other farms to meet with the food service directors in School Administrative Districts 6 and 55 on Monday in anticipation of Maine Harvest Lunch Day, when students eat meals made from local crops. "It's a way to begin to establish a dialogue between farmers, local food producers and supervisors for the school lunch program," said Richard Rudolph, executive director of Rippling Waters, a nonprofit farm operating on 12 acres of land. |
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Polluted Penobscot bears further study
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, March 13, 2008
A federal judge has called for more studies on how best to deal with mercury pollution in the lower Penobscot River caused by the former HoltraChem chemical manufacturing plant in Orrington. |
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EPA tightens amount of smog allowed in counties nationwide
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, March 13, 2008
The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide. |
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Ellsworth company, EPA settle violations
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 13, 2008
An Ellsworth construction company was fined $16,017 for violations of the Clean Water Act and has agreed to contribute an added $87,154 to fund an invasive species control program at Acadia National Park. |
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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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