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Sustainable Orono, June 5
Event - Posted - Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Join in a conversation with the founders of Sustainable Orono to find out how they are exploring what sustainability requires for their town and surrounding areas. Learn why transition towns and transition initiatives believe that re-localization is essential for a sustainable future. At Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden, June 5, 7-8 pm. |
Butterflies of the Kennebunk Plains, June 6
Event - Posted - Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Expert entomologist Paul Miliotis will guide visitors through the diverse ecosystems of the Kennebunk Plains. In addition to learning to identify species through binoculars, you will learn about the important ecological functions butterflies provide. June 6, 8 am - 1 pm. Maine Audubon members $30, non-members $40. Pre-register. |
Maine Environmental News
Announcement - Tuesday, May 29, 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 links to more than 18,000 news articles and announcements. I also post breaking stories and exclusives. Be sure to check not only today's news, 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 |
Scarborough Marsh Full Moon Canoe Tour, June 3
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Experience the sights and sounds of Scarborough Marsh creatures under the full moon. June 3, 7:30–9:30 pm. Maine Audubon adult members $11, child members $9, adult non-members $12, child non-members $10. Pre-register. |
The Hidden Life of Appleton Bog, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Appleton Bog is part of a complex group of wetlands that make up the headwaters of the St. George River. Guides Gary Roberts and George Libby lead an exploration of this incredible place, home to many unique species of plants and wildlife. Jun 2, 7 am – 3 pm. Maine Audubon members $35, non-members $45. |
Maine's Favorite Birds, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Jeff and Allison Wells will sign their new book and share stories, like the one about birding in sub-zero temperatures in a VW Bug with no heat, about their role in the search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers amidst poisonous snakes, about the Cornell Lab's failed attempt to employ a "secret weapon" in the World Series of Birding, and more. At Wild Bird Supply, Freeport, June 2, 4-6 pm. |
National Trails Day at Acadia, June 2
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Discover, enjoy, and care for Acadia National Park's magnificent 125-mile trail system, accompanied by park trail crew and interpretive staff members. |
Compost art
Announcement - Friday, May 25, 2012
The exhibit Compost Paintings: The Cycle of Life by artist Ed Nadeau opens June 1, with a reception from 5:30 to 8 pm at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast. |
Moonlight Canoeing, May 31
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Float along the shore of Fields Pond, as waning day becomes moonlit night. Loons, eagles, and bats may grace your trip. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one of ours. At Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden, May 31, 7 pm. |
A Birder's Guide To Photography, May 30
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
For the birder that wants to take photos while still watching birds there are three main choices: a super zoom camera, a digital SLR with a medium length telephoto lens (300-400mm) that can be used without a tripod, or digiscoping. We will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each and look at photos taken with each type of camera. At Wild Bird Supply, Freeport, May 30, 6:30-7:30 pm. |
The State of Maine’s Common Loons, May 29
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Maine Audubon wildlife biologist Susan Gallo will lead a presentation on Maine loons. At Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, May 29, 12–1:30 pm. |
The role of EPA’s IRIS program, May 29
Event - Posted - Friday, May 25, 2012
Keith Salazar, an Environmental Protection Agency biologist, will be speaking about the history of the agency and its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program. At College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, May 29, 4-5:30 pm. |
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Cadillac tower proposal scrapped
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, December 19, 2009
After having considered the top of the tallest mountain in Maine’s only national park as a location for a new 80-foot-tall communications tower, the Department of Homeland Security has changed its mind. |
Opinion: Clear-Cutting the Truth About Trees
New York Times - Saturday, December 19, 2009
The world’s forests are a key to our survival, and that of millions of other species. Not only are they critical to providing us with building material, paper, food, recreation and oxygen, they also ground us spiritually and connect us to our primal past. Never before in earth’s history have our forests been under such attack. And the global-warming folks at Copenhagen seem oblivious, buying into the corporate view of forests as an exploitable resource. |
Woods workers weigh in on need for foreign help
Bangor Daily News - Saturday, December 19, 2009
Emotions were high at a Maine Department of Labor public hearing where close to 100 loggers, truckers and contractors were more interested in debating the place of foreign workers in the Maine woods than the rules governing the practice. “We don’t want [the Canadians] here and we don’t want their equipment,” Stacey Kelly, a longtime logger from Allagash, said. |
The Copenhagen Accord
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, December 19, 2009
The deal does not commit any nation to emissions cuts beyond a general acknowledgment that global temperatures should be held along the lines agreed to by leading nations in July. There are no overall emissions targets for rich countries. The already agreed-upon emissions cuts fall far short of action needed to avoid potentially dangerous effects of climate change. |
Letters: What's Climategate about?
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, December 19, 2009
In his "primer" on Climategate (Dec. 4), M.D. Harmon quotes extensively from Lord Monckton, whom he calls a "British critic with significant credibility." It's important to know what kinds of people each side puts forward as credible. There are ample data on Monckton, and, as usual with such buffoons, it is the naivete, ferocity and absurdity of his defenders that most eloquently mock him....Kudos to M.D. Harmon for his report on "Climategate." |
Opinion: Military has other options for low-level training flights
Portland Press Herald - Saturday, December 19, 2009
I am not advocating doing away with necessary military low-level flights, but I am deeply concerned that the Air National Guard wants additional airspace in which to practice when there are already hundreds of square miles available. |
Letter: Snowe, Collins keep open minds on clean energy bill
Kennebec Journal - Saturday, December 19, 2009
Unfortunately, it appears that the hackers and several Washington lawmakers are unfamiliar with climate change science and assumed the word "trick" meant its most elementary definition. This is a method of calculating and disseminating the data. |
Copenhagen closes with 'a first step'
Associated Press - Saturday, December 19, 2009
Two years of laborious negotiations on a climate agreement ended Friday with a political deal brokered by President Obama with China and other emerging powers but denounced by poor countries because it was nonbinding and set no overall target for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. |
Urchin project sees some success
Bar Harbor Times - Friday, December 18, 2009
Two strategies for raising sea urchins are being explored at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin. In a three-year project, the center has reared 100,000 juvenile urchins and next plans to look at two grow-out strategies, one on land in tanks and the other ranching at sea. |
Comment sought on new third week of moose hunt
Sun Journal - Friday, December 18, 2009
Hunters, sporting camps and guides who derive an income from leading moose hunts will get a boost from the state next year with the addition of a third week to the season. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council will hold a public meeting on when to hold that third week during a meeting Dec. 22 at the department's headquarters in Augusta. |
Letter: Plum Creek is 'huge, manipulative'
Kennebec Journal - Friday, December 18, 2009
Now we've seen the money Plum Creek, the nation's largest private landowner, used to financially maneuver its way around and through the application process for its inappropriately sized Moosehead Lake project. It's huge; it's manipulative, and Maine should beware. |
Feds find money for milk price supports
Kennebec Journal - Friday, December 18, 2009
Maine dairy farmers are catching a small break with news they will be eligible for a $1.5 million, one-time payment from the federal government to help make up for historically low milk prices. |
Bill to address firearms in national parks
Morning Sentinel - Friday, December 18, 2009
A bill that would set clear guidelines regarding firearm possession in national parks in Maine will be heard by lawmakers next year. The bill is necessary because of a new federal law that leaves it to the states to determine how to regulate firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. |
Obama, Wen offer no new emissions cuts at summit
Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2009
A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the UN climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed to salvage a global warming accord amid deep divisions between rich and poor nations. But neither Obama nor Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered any new commitments to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. |
Study explores states of happiness
Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2009
A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found the happiest people live in places that tend to rate high in quality-of-life studies comparing things such as climate, crime rates, air quality and schools. Maine ranked as the happiest state in New England, coming in at 10th overall. |
Opinions mixed at 'kid safe' hearing
Portland Press Herald - Friday, December 18, 2009
Maine's plan to be one of the first states to track and regulate toxic chemicals in toys and other children's products drew praise and criticism at a public hearing Thursday. |
Public hearing on logging rules in Maine
Associated Press - Friday, December 18, 2009
The Maine Department of Labor is holding a field hearing Friday in Fort Kent on proposed rule changes that crack down on logging companies that hire Canadian contractors instead of Maine workers. |
Opinion: Protect Maine interests before helping Canada
Bangor Daily News - Friday, December 18, 2009
Energy costs matter more than ever and recent Canadian developments pose new risks to Maine. Canada’s refusal to allow tankers through Passamaquoddy Bay is intended to stop a Maine LNG site. Hydro-Quebec is seeking to buy New Brunswick Power. Why? It wants a route through Maine to Boston to export power. It’s all about the money. |
Letter: Climate red herring
Bangor Daily News - Friday, December 18, 2009
Special interests groups representing oil and coal industries as well as extreme right-wingers have pored over e-mails. They have then used phrases out of context to make it appear as if climate change is the most elaborate hoax ever per-petrated on the public. The overwhelming majority of evidence remains the same. Climate change is real. |
Millinocket boiler plan could have $250,000 hitch
Bangor Daily News - Friday, December 18, 2009
School officials still plan to buy an ecofriendly biomass boiler system to heat and possibly power two town schools for $763,000, but problems might add $250,000 to the price tag, officials said. School maintenance officials say that incompatibility between the old and new heating systems would force replacement of 24 classroom heating units. |
Down East transmission line OK’d
Bangor Daily News - Friday, December 18, 2009
The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a nearly $68 million Bangor Hydro-Electric project to construct and operate a 42-mile-long transmission line beginning in Ellsworth and ending in Harrington. |
Opinion: Mountaintop industrial wind power is not ‘green’
Times Record - Friday, December 18, 2009
I have been advocating for wind power for decades. I never thought I would see the day when I would be opposing wind power development. However, the current frantic rush to install industrial wind on every viable mountaintop is both shortsighted and ecologically damaging. |
Congresswoman Pingree pushes to phase out DECA
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - Friday, December 18, 2009
Two weeks from now, a new state law will take effect that bans the use of a controversial flame retardant in products sold in Maine. But Congresswoman Chellie Pingree wants to broaden the ban to all fifty states, and assure that the chemical, DecaBDE, is removed from all household products sold in the U.S. |
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