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Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Sunday, February 05, 2012
Thanks for visiting Maine Environmental News, the most comprehensive online source available for links to Maine conservation and natural resource news stories and events. Since the start of 2009, I have posted more than 16,000 news articles and announcements. Be sure to check not only today's stories, but take a look at the headlines from the past several days as well. Articles often come to my attention a few days after they are published. ~ Jym St. Pierre, RESTORE: The North Woods |
Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine
Event - Posted - Sunday, February 05, 2012
This book discussion series is offered by the Maine Humanities Council. The discussions will be held at the Cary Memorial Library in Wayne on four Mondays: Feb 13, Mar 19, Apr 23, May 14. Discussion leader: Carol Kontos, English professor at UMA. |
Windfall
Announcement - Sunday, February 05, 2012
We can all agree that energy independence is a worthy objective, right? Alternative energy sources like solar power can help free the U.S. from fossil fuels and the grip of unstable Persian Gulf states. And wind power — wait, not so fast, says “Windfall,” Laura Israel’s urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. An account of rural Meredith, in upstate New York, when wind turbines came to town, the film depicts the perils of a booming industry and the bitter rancor it sowed among a citizenry. ~ Andy Webster, New York Times |
Intro to Winter Camping, Feb 10-12
Event - Posted - Friday, February 03, 2012
Introduction to Winter Camping with David Butler. This course will provide information about the skills to maximize your winter camping experience. At Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson, Feb 10-12. |
Tracking with a naturalist, Feb 10
Event - Posted - Friday, February 03, 2012
Join naturalist Nancy Holmes to learn how to identify the animal tracks you will (hopefully) see in the snow this winter. At Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association office, Jefferson, Feb 10, 3:30 pm. |
Dirty Tar Sands Oil Coming Through Maine? Feb 9
Event - Posted - Thursday, February 02, 2012
Learn about the environmental and safety risks of this proposed project and about ways you can join the effort to prevent Portland from becoming the tar sands capital of the eastern U.S. The Canadian oil and gas giant Enbridge is proposing to pump dirty tar sands oil from Ontario to South Portland, where it would be shipped by tanker to refineries along the East Coast or Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline passes next to Sebago Lake, the drinking water supply for more than 15% of Maine people, and could endanger Casco Bay and our fishing and lobster industries. At USM, Glickman Library, Portland, Feb 9, 7-8:30 pm |
The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower
Publication - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The twentieth-century environmental movement owes much to a single man: David Brower. For the hundredth anniversary of David Brower’s birth, his son Kenneth Brower, an acclaimed nature writer, has brought together the testimonies of twenty environmental leaders whose lives and careers were transformed by David Brower; the result is a book in which a repertory company of path-forgers reveal their deepest values and most moving experiences. Available May 2012 from Heyday. |
Reducing coastal erosion, Feb 8
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Megan Facciolo, district manager of the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District, will talk about reducing coastal erosion. At Lamoine Town Hall, Feb 8, 7 pm. Sponsored by Lamoine Conservation Commission. |
Managing Your Timber Harvest, Feb 8
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Maine Forest Service District Forester Morten Moesswilde will talk about harvest planning, working with professional foresters and loggers, different harvest methods, wood values, closing out the job, and other aspects of harvesting. At Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association office, Jefferson, Feb 8, 6-8 pm. |
Birds, Bats & Blades-Wind Turbines & Wildlife, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Steve Pelletier, Wildlife Ecologist, Stantec, speaks about bats and wind power. At Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Nov 7, 7 pm. Sponsored by Friends of Merrymeeting Bay. |
Winter Extremes: Oh, Deer, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Regional Biologist Keel Kemper will discuss current wildlife issues, including the effects of severe winters on Maine's deer herd. At Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association office in Sheepscot Village, Newcastle, Feb 7, 6:30 pm. |
Great blue heron flies into Merryspring, Feb 7
Event - Posted - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Danielle D’Auria, Maine wildlife biologist, will give a presentation on the Great Blue Heron at Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, Feb 7 at noon. |
Smelt/Ice Festival, Feb 3-4
Event - Posted - Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ice Cutting-Smelt Fishing Festival. At Mailly Waterfront Park, Bowdoinham, Feb 3-4. Part of a yearlong celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Town of Bowdoinham. |
Family Winter Ecology Festival, Feb 4
Event - Posted - Saturday, January 28, 2012
This year’s Family Winter Ecology Festival will offer a variety of free indoor and outdoor activities for the entire family. At Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, Feb 4, 10 am to 12:30 pm. |
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Recession's far-reaching effect
Portland Press Herald - Friday, March 06, 2009
The ripple effects of the collapse in consumer consumption have hit a Down East pulp mill one day after engulfing a southern Maine printing plant, putting a combined 674 people out of work. |
Opinion: Stimulus can help Mainers become less dependent on oil
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 06, 2009
Oil prices are extremely volatile, all of the money used to buy oil leaves the state, and we are destroying the environment that is the calling card of Vacationland. Focusing on the use of proven technologies for central heating systems that use refined wood-pellet fuel, Maine can create almost 10,000 jobs if only 10 percent of the homes and businesses that use heating oil convert to these clean, efficient and reliable systems. |
Verso posts losses for fourth quarter
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 06, 2009
Verso Paper on Thursday reported a net loss of $33.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. In addition, the company announced it has suspended dividends on its common stock indefinitely. Both of the company’s mills in Maine — at Jay and at Bucksport — have taken significant downtime in recent months and are planning more. |
Domtar to idle pulp mill in May
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 06, 2009
The Montreal-based Domtar Corp. says it is idling its pulp mill in the eastern Maine town of Baileyville for an indefinite period because of the poor global economy.
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Millinocket takes mill owner to task over electricity sales
Bangor Daily News - Friday, March 06, 2009
Millinocket-area officials accused the owner of the Katahdin Paper Co. on Thursday of being more interested in making profits selling electricity than operating the mills that have long been the lifeblood of the region’s economy. |
Opinion: Skeptical of 'global warming' claims
Times Record - Friday, March 06, 2009
Michael Fox, the energy expert for the Hawaii Reporter and a member of the Hawaii Geophysics Institute, reports that 2008 was the 10th consecutive year of NO global warming...the Earth has been cooling for the last six years. |
Doctor to share wind power concerns
Sun Journal - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Dr. Albert Aniel will share his concerns about health risks associated with wind turbines with Rumford selectmen when they meet Thursday. |
Game-parks proposals trigger debate
Kennebec Journal - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Many people testified Wednesday at a public hearing on three bills related to big game hunting preserves in Maine. Two bills seek to expand those operations; one seeks to shut them down. |
Editorial: Poland Spring vote sends unfortunate message
Portland Press Herald - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Shapleigh residents voted to turn off their community spigot for the Poland Spring water bottling company at a special town meeting Saturday, but that decision sends a bitter-tasting message about Maine. |
Editorial: Wind Resistance
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 05, 2009
While wind power is generally supported when the towers and turbines are located on some remote ridge top, that support is less enthusiastic when those towers are visible from one’s living room window and when the incessant whooshing of the turbine blades can be heard in one’s backyard. |
Commission OKs Stetson II wind farm
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 05, 2009
The proposed $60 million Stetson II wind farm in Washington County earned its final state permit Wednesday after proponents made their strongest statements yet dismissing health concerns associated with wind power. |
Wind project raises Belfast traffic worries
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Engineers will have to remove trees and widen Field Street in Belfast to accommodate wind turbine generators and blades during their shipment from the Searsport docks to Kibby Township near the Canadian border. |
Lawmakers urged to expand energy programs
Bangor Daily News - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Energy-efficiency professionals urged lawmakers on Wednesday to expand weatherization and conservation programs as Maine policymakers explore ways to begin weaning the state off its dependence on foreign oil. |
Climate change
WERU Radio - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Thousands of protesters marched to a coal-fired plant in Washington, DC, Monday and surrounded the plant to call attention to the coal industry’s impact on the environment and climate change. |
Branding our outdoor tourism
Portland Phoenix - Thursday, March 05, 2009
One of the Maine Huts and Trails biggest challenges will be bringing Maine's western and inland wilderness to the public-recognition level of, say, New Hampshire's White Mountains, or New York's Adirondacks. |
Editorial: The blessings of philanthropy
Capital Weekly - Thursday, March 05, 2009
This week, we’d like to pay special tribute to the late Thelma Swain of Augusta, who left $350,000 to the Pine Tree State Arboretum in Augusta, enabling the nonprofit group to create another position to oversee the operations of the arboretum. |
Massachusetts Chainsaw Massacre
Other - Thursday, March 05, 2009
WCVB has uncovered how the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, an agency that's supposed to be protecting our forests and parks, is cashing in on cutting them down. The TV channell reported on Thursday that the state is turning its forests into acres of logging opportunities while using an eco-friendly program to justify the destruction. |
Solar Energy Promoters Seek Public Support
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Gridsolar, LLC hopes to develop up to 800 megawatts of distributed solar generation in Maine. The proposal is billed as an alternative to the $1.5 billion plan by Central Maine Power Company to upgrade its high-voltage transmission lines. |
Lobstermen Criticize Whale Protection Program
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, March 05, 2009
One of the featured exhibitions at the annual Fishermen’s Forum in Rockland today sparked anger among some lobstermen, who claim they are paying the price for pending regulations designed to protect whales from entanglement. |
300 Workers To Lose Jobs In Washington County
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Thursday, March 05, 2009
Domtar, which is North America's largest maker of office supply paper, says falling Chinese demand for wood pulp is partially to blame. State and local officials say they will do everything they can to help the plant come back on line. |
Maine wind farm expansion is approved
Associated Press - Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Maine's wilderness zoning board has given its approval for a 17-turbine wind farm expansion in eastern Maine. |
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Do I Dare to Plant a Peach? | | It's a sign that Maine and the nation are getting hotter, according to a new analysis by the U.S. De... | | 1/30/2012 12:00:00 AM |
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Maine Organic Farmers and
Gardeners Association
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The myth of the self-made yeoman |  By Gene Logsdon – No figure is more endearing and enduring in agriculture than the lonely plowman out there on the horizon who raises himself by his own bootstraps to financial success. Only problem is, there is no occupation more dependent on the cooperation of society and nature to achieve success than farming. | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Sharp, careful eye brings Maine mushrooms from forest to table |  By Avery Yale Kamila – On a crisp morning at the end of October, chef David Ross and I step off a dirt road in Kennebunk and head into a forest dominated by pines and smaller hardwood. Our objective: To track down a few chanterelles and any other wild mushrooms we can find this late in the season. This trip will mark one of the last of the year for Ross, who is an avid mushroom forager and the owner of 50 Local in Kennebunk. | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
New climate prediction: ‘Weird’, getting weirder |  By Seth Borenstein (AP) – For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: more floods, more heat waves, more droughts, and greater costs to deal with them. A draft summary of an international scientific report obtained by The Associated Press says the extremes caused by global warming could eventually grow so severe that some locations become “increasingly marginal as places to live.” | | 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM |
What to feed your chickens to get the best eggs |  By Nina Lalli – "I have a theory, and I don't think you're gonna like it." Justin was seated across from me at a communal table in a "Secret Restaurant." We had met not half an hour before, but were now deep in discussion about what chickens should eat to produce the best-tasting eggs – an obsession of mine recently. | | 11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Factory farming: not just on land anymore |  By Wenonah Hauter – When most people think of factory farming they typically think of feedlots, hog factories or chicken operations–not massive open net pens growing millions of fish in our oceans. However, factory fish farming will soon pose many of the same threats to the environment and to consumers as its land-based counterparts. | | 11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Bt resistant rootworm spreads | | By Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji – Bt is a toxin from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, which produces a large family of similar proteins that target different insect pests; and quite a few of them have been incorporated in genetically modified crops to act as ‘biopesticides’. Unfortunately, the pests soon develop resistance to it. | | 10/31/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Cranberry juice beats extract at fighting infection |  By Christine Lepisto – Just between you and me, ladies, what do you do when you feel that irritating burn, knowing it can only mean a urinary tract infection? Do you run to the doctor's office for antibiotics, only to fight the yeast infection that sets in when drugs knock other systems out of balance? Then you probably haven't heard yet that cranberries can fight infections naturally, and very effectively. | | 10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM |
‘Hobby farm’ couple do part, feed hungry |  By Bill Nemitz – It's not uncommon for someone to show up at the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Augusta with a bag full of fresh broccoli, tomatoes or other leftovers from their garden. In recent months, however, Glenn and Rachel Powers have taken that kind of community support to a whole new level. They're giving away the farm. | | 10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM |
New England shrimp target cut in half | | AP – Portland: Fisheries regulators have set the start date for the shrimp season and halved the target for the amount of shrimp to be caught by New England fishermen. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on Friday set a target of 2,000 metric tons, compared with 4,000 metric tons the year before. | | 10/29/2011 12:00:00 AM |
The life of a seaweed gatherer |  By Daniel Klein – Most of the seaweed we get these days is farmed. But way up in northern Maine, Larch Hanson is still harvesting it wild in its many varieties on the rugged coast. This video isn't about the details of that process, however. It's about the essence of life for Larch, who rises at dawn to cut seaweed and then writes Zen poems about it. | | 10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM |
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