Recycle art activist Thomas Dambo makes these gentle giants from scrap wood, old pallets, twigs and debris. Above, Marit in It Sounded Like a Mountain Fell in Wulong, China.
Troll hunter alert in Boothbay, Maine: This summer five ginormous monsters are taking up residence at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, courtesy of artist Thomas Dambo. These gentle giants are the newest additions to his tribe of dozens of trolls now inhabiting mountains, forests and parks around the world, from China to Puerto Rico. Think
Where the Wild Things Are meets
Three Billy Goats Gruff the 15-30 foot high sculptures made out of scrap wood have earned Dambo the title one of the most prominent recycle artists in the world.
May 06, 2021
University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is launching a campaign, named Food Rescue MAINE, to reduce the amount of food waste in Maine landfills.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is supporting the education and action campaign with a grant of more than $27,000.
The city of Portland will work with the Center to measure food waste at five new food waste recycling sites. And several communities in central Maine are working with the Center on food recycling pilot initiatives.
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Maine Compass: Anti-hydro is bad science, and won’t address climate change
The assertion that Canadian hydropower reservoir emissions are comparable to fossil fuel is false, writes a former PUC commissioner and an analyst for Hydro-Quebec.
By Tom Welch and Alain Tremblay
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The New England Clean Energy Connect will deliver renewable electricity to Maine and New England from Hydro-Québec (HQ); it will reduce climate emissions; it will substantially benefit Maine’s economy; it will conform to rigorous environmental standards. These are conclusions from exhaustive scientific study and exhaustive review by objective institutions tasked with safeguarding the public interest.
BERWICK, Maine – Town Manager Stephen Eldridge doesn t hold back his excitement when describing the planned redevelopment of the former Prime Tanning site by Great Falls Construction.
It is being called The Edge at Berwick and it promises the creation of a new village center, with shops, restaurants and residential spaces, transforming an abandoned site into a jewel for the town. This is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Maine community to build its own downtown, said Eldridge. I have lived in Maine my whole life, been in this business for 25 years, and I have never seen anything like this.
Eldridge said he came to town years ago after researching the town and learning about the envision committee, which he said had great ideas about Berwick and he wanted to be involved.
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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has expanded its investigation of so-called “forever chemicals” contaminating water wells in Fairfield to also include areas in Benton and Unity Township.
The state department has sampled 28 water supplies in Benton and found 14 had levels above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory, according to David Madore, deputy commissioner and director of communications for the agency.
“The department is receiving and reviewing data from water supply sampling conducted over the last few weeks,” the environmental department said in a statement. “Homeowners are being notified of the results as soon as possible, and, where needed, bottled water is provided. We continue to identify water supplies at risk of PFAS impacts, and our next rounds of sampling are scheduled for the second half of May.”