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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Blocking Ferrari-ready driveways Maine becomes third state to pass tough coal law	Ted Nace	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Yesterday, Maine Gov. John E. Baldacci signed LD 2126, 'An Act To Minimize Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Coal-Powered Industrial and Electrical Generating Facilities in the State.' The law, which was sponsored by Rep. W. Bruce MacDonald (D-Maine), requires the Board of Environmental Protection to develop greenhouse gas emission standards for coal facilities. It also puts a moratorium in place on building any new coal plants until the standards are developed. Three st ...
Topics: coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, Maine, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Obama takes Maine in a wicked pissah	David Roberts	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Looks like Obama has won Maine in something of a blowout. This was a state that was widely expected to go to Clinton, and in which she had a commanding lead in the polls through late last year. At this point she's got to be wishing everyone could just go to sleep until the Texas primary. On the bright side, she's got a very, very narrow lead in New Mexico, with 99% reporting. In other rumorish news, it suuure sounds like Colin Powell's getting ready to endorse Obama: ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08, Washington (all these topics)

That'll Teach 'Em Colleges around the country take green steps		20 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 11:32 AM on 20 Dec 2007 Are you thinking what we're thinking? Yep: It's time for a green college roundup! Maine's College of the Atlantic has made good on its pledge to be a carbon-neutral campus, say school officials. "As far as we know, [COA is] the first in the world to make the commitment, and as far as we know, the first to do it," says David Hales, president of the 300-student college, which offers one major ...
Topics: climate, education, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, news, Oregon (all these topics)

The Maine Event Maine rejects coal, embraces wind power		07 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 2:58 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Three cheers for the people of Maine (Mainites? Mainians? Mainists?): The community of Wiscasset rejected a zoning ordinance change that would have allowed a new coal gasification plant, while the state's Land Use Regulation Commission approved a 57 MW wind farm in Washington County. Give 'em all a lobster! sources: The Lincoln County News, Natural Resources Council of Maine From ...
Topics: coal, energy, Maine, news, progress, wind power (all these topics)

The New College Try Maine college is first to pledge carbon neutrality		10 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
The New College Try Maine college is first to pledge carbon neutrality College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, has pledged to become the first college in the U.S. to go carbon neutral. New president David Hales announced in his inauguration speech Sunday that the tiny college will avoid, reduce, or offset all greenhouse-gas emissions generated by campus activities and student travel to and from campus. COA's 300 or s ...
Topics: climate, education, Maine, news (all these topics)

Rage Against the Washing Machine Jason Wentworth, eco-friendly laundromat owner, answers readers' questions		18 Aug 2006	InterActivist
Jason Wentworth, Washboard Eco Laundry. How much of an impact do these eco-improvements make on your bottom line? Is it possible to get a good handle on what sort of efficiencies you are gaining? -- Marc Chapman, Wahkon, Minn. We made almost all the improvements at the same time, except for the solar hot-water system that was added in the second year and a very basic heat-re ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, Maine (all these topics)

Jason and the Laundronauts Jason Wentworth, eco-friendly laundromat owner, answers Grist's questions		14 Aug 2006	InterActivist
Jason Wentworth. What work do you do? I am the owner, along with my wife Sandrine, of the Washboard Eco Laundry in Portland, Maine. How does it relate to the environment? We have attempted to create a new model for the coin-laundry industry by designing our business around the goal of minimizing the environmental impact of cleaning clothes. We accomplish this goal in several ways: we ...
Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, Maine (all these topics)

Lightning in a Bottle Bottled-water companies spur fights over water rights in Eastern states		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Lightning in a Bottle Bottled-water companies spur fights over water rights in Eastern states Water-rights battles, long the domain of Western states, are now being fought in the Eastern U.S., thanks to the bottled-water industry. In 1980, Americans drank less than three gallons of bottled water per capita annually; today, the number tops 26 gallons. Activists worry that large-scale water withdrawals deplete loca ...
Topics: Maine, New England, news, water conflicts (all these topics)

A commute point	Sarah van Schagen	06 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Tomorrow is Commute Another Way Day! In Maine, at least (anyone know of this happening elsewhere?), this is an annual event to promote carpools, vanpools, public transit, biking, walking, pogo-sticking, and other eco-friendly alternatives to that long, lonely slog to and from the 9-to-5. According to the CAWD website: Last year, more than 500 employers and 5,000 commuters got involved statewide, helping to reduce traffic congestion and auto emissions by eliminatin ...
Topics: Maine, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Honorably Discharged Supreme Court sides with enviros on licenses for hydroelectric dams		16 May 2006	Daily Grist
Honorably Discharged Supreme Court sides with enviros on licenses for hydroelectric dams Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the first environmental case considered under new Chief Justice John Roberts ... and sided with enviros (supported, this time, by the Bush administration). At issue was a Maine case hinging on wording in the Clean Water Act, which states that applicants for a f ...
Topics: hydropower, Maine, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly on the, Uh, Salmon Maine salmon teeter on the edge of extinction		01 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly on the, Uh, Salmon Maine salmon teeter on the edge of extinction Endangered Maine salmon don't get as much press as their sexy Pacific Northwest cousins (what, you don't find salmon sexy?). But they may be closer to extinction. Currently only about 80 adult salmon return from the ocean each year to spawn in the eight Maine rivers where they're endangered. The government has spent five years and at least ...
Topics: fishing, Maine, news (all these topics)

What About Those Cahs in the Yahd? Pioneering e-waste recycling law takes effect in Maine		20 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
What About Those Cahs in the Yahd? Pioneering e-waste recycling law takes effect in Maine Maine: It's not just lobstah anymore. This week, the Pine Tree State became the first in the nation to require manufacturers to cover the cost of recycling televisions and computer monitors. Similar to e-waste laws already in force in Japan and some European countries, Maine's new rule allows municipalities to bill the expenses o ...
Topics: green living, Maine, news, recycling (all these topics)

Dismember the Maine Rural Maine residents divided as spring-water bottler moves in		09 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Dismember the Maine Rural Maine residents divided as spring-water bottler moves in An international corporation descending on a rural town, bent on extracting natural resources. Africa? South America? Nope: New England. Nestlé Waters North America Inc., purveyors of Poland Spring water, is prospecting for new sources of "blue gold" in the western Maine wilderness. ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Maine, New England, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Salmon Chanted Evening Historic Deal Will Help Atlantic Salmon in Maine		07 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Salmon Chanted Evening Historic Deal Will Help Atlantic Salmon in Maine In an unprecedented move intended to save plummeting populations of threatened Atlantic salmon, a coalition of environmental groups, government agencies, a Native American tribe, and a power company yesterday announced a plan to take down dams along the Penobscot River, Maine's longest waterway. The project calls for raising $25 million from ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, Maine, marine life (all these topics)

The Maine Dish		25 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
The Maine Dish After years of legal wrangling, Maine is finally ending its opposition to the federal government's decision to list the wild Atlantic salmon as endangered in several of the state's rivers. Gov. John Baldacci (D) announced yesterday that the state had come to an agreement with the feds and would not appeal a recent court decision in which a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state and Maine business gr ...
Topics: fishing, Maine, marine life (all these topics)

The Maine Event		25 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Maine Event Meanwhile, Maine is several steps ahead of the federal government when it comes to combating climate change: Today, the state will become the first in the nation to enact a law establishing specific goals and deadlines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Other New England states have addressed carbon dioxide emissions through different means -- such as executive orders, acti ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, Maine, ozone (all these topics)

C02, Too?		05 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
C02, Too? Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts sued the federal government yesterday to force it to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. The lawsuit, which alleges that the emissions fuel global warming and should therefore be governed by the Clean Air Act, marks the first time a state has sued the government to force it to take action on climate change. The three ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, ozone, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Mass-ive Attack		31 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Mass-ive Attack Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut will sue the U.S. EPA for violating clean air laws and imperiling the health of citizens by failing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, the states' attorneys general announced yesterday. In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, the attorneys general will argue that CO2 emissions fr ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, Connecticut, energy, environmental justice, health, Maine, Massachusetts, ozone, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Delay O' Fish		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Delay O' Fish In welcome news for commercial fishing operations in New England, a federal judge has ordered an eight-month delay in implementing drastic cutbacks in fishing levels while scientists review federal estimates of the region's fish population. In September, government scientists acknowledged that the accuracy of fish-count studies on which the original cutbacks were based might have been compromised by a ...
Topics: Maine, marine life, New England, oceans (all these topics)

Hazing Ritual		30 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Hazing Ritual It might be officially nicknamed the Golden State, but sometimes, it's more like the Yellowish-Brown State: California continues to lead the U.S. in dirty air, with nearly twice as many "smog days" as any other state in the union, a recent report by an e ...
Topics: air pollution, California, environmental non-government organizations, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, politics, pollution and waste, Texas (all these topics)

Northern Light		28 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Northern Light In a classic example of strange bedfellows, the Nature Conservancy has teamed up with Great Northern Paper, a pulp and paper mill company, to protect thousands of acres of wilderness in Maine -- and over a thousand jobs for company employees. The conservancy, whose Maine chapter was founded by legendary environmentalist Rachel Carson, provided t ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, land stewardship, Maine, Nature Conservancy, wilderness (all these topics)

Go Fish!		08 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Go Fish! Maine's wild Atlantic salmon remain genetically distinct despite more than a century of fish-stocking, aquaculture escapes, and other threats to the species, according to an independent report prepared by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The report undermines the claim by Maine Gov. Angus King (I) and others that Maine salmon were genetically diluted and therefore did not merit protection ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, fishing, GMOs, Maine, marine life (all these topics)

The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread Organic bread: a life	Bryan Foster	16 Apr 2001	Main Dish
And when the children of Israel saw it, many said one to another, It is manna! ... And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. -- Exodus, 16:15 There's a big pile of bread at the Portland Public Market in southern Maine. These aren't plastic-wrapped, sandwich-slice loaves; these are round loaves with hard crusts -- tan and black, springy and crunchy. There's apple cranberry, ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, Maine (all these topics)

Easement Does It Maine woods emerge as ground zero for a grand land conservation experiment	Wayne Curtis	08 Jan 2001	Main Dish
Try this little-known fact on for size: Approximately one-quarter of New England -- a region first settled four centuries ago -- is almost entirely undeveloped. Never mind images of East Coast overcrowding and sprawl; travel far enough north and east and you can drive for hours and see no Main Streets, no local fire departments, no permanent dwellings, no Wal-Marts. Just forest ...
Topics: Maine, wilderness (all these topics)

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