A modernized and greener system will help create jobs and reduce emissions.
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Farms aren’t tossing perfectly good produce. You are
In the U.S. alone, 63 million tons of food go to waste every year.
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Maine Voices: Mills’ support for power line shows commitment to constituents, climate change fight
Maine can’t cut its carbon emissions without further hydropower, such as that delivered via NECEC.
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Maine Voices: Temperatures are rising, and so are our youth
In 4 Maine communities and worldwide, a strike Friday will challenge inaction on climate change.
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Green Plate Special: How to Kondo-ize your kitchen
Marie Kondo’s basic premise of kitchen decluttering is a long-standing sustainable one: reduce, reuse, recycle
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Another View: Warming not the only problem arising from pollution
Ocean acidification and an insect die-off are major threats related to our use of fossil fuels.
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Is the new crop for farmers solar panels?
Illinois farmers look to sell energy generated from solar panels placed on farmland.
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Churches ask members to give up plastic for Lent
Lent, which began Wednesday, marks the period when many Catholics and some Protestants give up something indulgent while reflecting on Jesus’ time in the desert, where he fasted and prayed before his death.
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Maine Voices: Maine farms have key role to play in combating climate change
Forward-thinking farmland protection and farming practices can help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Our View: Maine lawmakers should pass plastic-bag ban
A product so cheap it can be thrown away is creating expensive problems.