The plan would cost billions of dollars to execute, but state leaders say the cost of doing nothing would be even greater.
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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Invite wildlife in with a ‘lawn conversion’
Replace your lawn with a meadow of native perennials. Then sit back and wait for the birds, bees and butterflies to show up.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Upcycling is the new recycling
Food manufacturers across the United States are taking food waste and turning it into tasty food – and making re-use a selling point.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
GM sides with California in fight with Trump over pollution standards
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Trump officials rush to auction drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it
The administration called for oil companies to pick spots where they’d like to drill.
Posted inNation & World
Bezos makes first donations from $10 billion Earth Fund for fighting climate change
Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, gave the money to established environmental groups, as well as groups concerned with environmental justice.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Evidence of wolves in Maine raises management questions
How to handle them has been a contentious issue in other states.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Company plans biorefinery for zero-emission heating oil in Maine
Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. of Bangor has formed a partnership with Sprague Resources LP to produce a patented biofuel made from forest product waste.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Groups file lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers over CMP corridor analysis
The Appalachian Mountain Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine and Sierra Club Maine allege the Army Corps failed to rigorously assess the transmission corridor project’s environmental impact.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Voting ‘yes’ on Portland’s Question C is the most rational choice
A Green New Deal for Portland will encourage affordable-housing development by requiring sustainability practices that would slow warming.