Portland Trails is running an emergency summer fundraising campaign to raise $100,000 in materials needed to fix trails, replace bridges and repair erosion caused by flooding.
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Sustainable Practice: Sustainable efficiency
If you ever fly between Bangor and Montreal, you’ll discover an efficiency flaw in our continent’s “hub-and-spoke” air transportation system. Commercial flights are via New York City, Philadelphia or even Chicago — the cheapest ticket I found as I write this takes you first to Philadelphia, then to Chicago, and then to Montreal. It’s 284 […]
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As temperatures rise, so do Maine’s mountain tree lines
Climate change fuels an uphill arboreal march at Katahdin and other regional peaks, squeezing out rare alpine ecosystems.
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Two Maine beaches under advisories for elevated bacteria levels
Water-quality testing at Ocean Park in Old Orchard Beach and Mackerel Cove in Harpswell found bacteria levels several times higher than what the EPA considers safe.
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Maine organic farming group sues EPA over forever chemicals
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association created a PFAS Emergency Relief Fund in 2022 that has handed out more than $1.5 million in assistance to more than 50 Maine farmers impacted by forever chemical contamination.
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Maine to receive up to $72 million for more heat pumps in federal program for 5 New England states
The goal is for heat pumps to reach at least 65% of residential-scale heating, air conditioning and water heating sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040.
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Rip currents are on the rise in Maine, along with swimmers in distress
Packing high winds and high seas, last winter’s wallop completely remodeled the underwater topography of the surf zone – leading to dozens of beach rescues this summer.
Posted inTimes Record
Organizations work to keep conservation lands connected to save species
In 2002, Midcoast land trusts teamed up to save wildlife habitats. Decades and thousands of acres later, the acquisition process has changed to reflect the growing need for local housing.
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Midcoast artists reckon with climate change
Saving the planet has become a topic of creative debate.
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Vulnerable Maine forests get boost against nonnative insects with pest predictor tool
A University of Maine researcher has led the effort to create a tool that may predict the next species to become a pest before it arrives in Maine.