Hydro-Quebec’s pact with the utility will cheat Maine ratepayers and plunder the state’s wild lands.
environment
Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats have not learned their lesson
Expensive programs and tax increases will alienate moderates.
Our View: Maine lawmakers should pass plastic-bag ban
A product so cheap it can be thrown away is creating expensive problems.
Commentary: By supporting CMP power line, Mills undercuts efforts to fight climate change
No supposed benefit offered by the utility is worth the damage that dirty power from Quebec will do to our environment.
Commentary: Can America build big things anymore, or are we all talk?
Democrats should make clear what infrastructure projects they actually support.
Mills pulls Maine out of governors group that advocates offshore oil and gas
Former Gov. Paul LePage joined the group in 2015 and was the only New England governor in the coalition, staffed by oil and gas lobbyists.
Prepare croutons, and let the compliments roll in
Make them in just a few minutes.
To grow (seedlings) or not to grow? That is the question
An inveterate gardener decides – gasp! – to save himself trouble and just buy seedlings.
Could these crops help save us from climate change?
Perennial grains come up year after year of their own accord and actually add organic matter, including carbon, to the soil.
Maine Voices: Loss of our state’s native landscape should be of growing concern
To ensure that this place still looks and feels like home, hybrid plantings must be balanced with native ones.