Working remotely, state workers drive a million fewer miles each week
While the reduction is small relative to total miles driven in Maine each day, it highlights the potential climate benefits of remote work.
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Maine state employees drove 1.1 million fewer miles and took 17,877 fewer trips every week from April through November by working remotely during the pandemic, recent state surveys have found.
Working from home kept 233,103 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air every week, according to preliminary estimates, reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 7 million pounds over the 30-week period.
The calculations are preliminary, but they are thought to be the first specific metrics in Maine that capture the impact of telework on climate change.
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Co-owner Chun Lin stands Tuesday in the kitchen of his Lucky Tree Buffet restaurant in Lewiston, which is opening Friday. His wife, Li Ying Lu, stands behind him at the grill.
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First: A $7 million entree.
The Auburn Planning Board has approved a $7 million, 4.990-megawatt solar array proposed for inactive apple orchard land at 1040 Perkins Ridge Road.
An aerial map of the 1040 Perkins Ridge Road solar project by Borrego Solar Systems Inc., submitted with its application to the Auburn Planning Board.
The project by 978 Solar Development, a subsidiary of Borrego Solar Systems Inc., would sit on 18.9 acres leased from Apple Ridge Farms, according to the application, which also lists a completion date of summer/fall 2021.
Maine State Police investigating collision between pickup truck and logging truck on Route 9 in Clifton
The driver of the pickup truck was critically injured in the crash and needed to be cut from the vehicle by fire personnel from Eddington and Holden. Author: Jessica Yario (NEWS CENTER Maine), Chelsea Bard (NEWS CENTER Maine), Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 2:44 AM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 12:40 PM EST December 16, 2020
The Maine State Police Department is investigating a serious crash involving a logging truck Wednesday morning, which shut down all travel on Route 9 in Clifton for several hours. It happened around 1 a.m.
State police were dispatched to a rollover crash involving several vehicles and a logging truck. Troopers investigating the crash said they determined Jay Preston, 30, of Dennysville was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado on a suspended driver’s license when he crossed the centerlin
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RUMFORD Four railroad cars derailed late Monday in Rumford, the second train derailment in town since last Friday, according to Fire Chief Chris Reed.
Four railroad cars derailed late Monday near the intersection of Route 108 and Wyman Hill Road in Rumford. This photograph shows the scene Tuesday morning.
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“We haven’t had one (derailment) in a long time, and we had two in a week,” Reed said.
Monday’s derailment occurred near the intersection of Route 108 and Wyman Hill Road.
Reed said it involved two box cars loaded with paper and two empty tank cars.
.”Apparently, the track broke, which caused the derailment,” Reed said
Beached Italian sailboat dilemma solved
MOUNT DESERT Harbormaster John Lemoine spent a lot of time the first week of this month trying to figure out what to do with a 40-foot sailboat that broke off a mooring near the head of Somes Sound during a storm the night of Nov. 30 and came to rest on the shore.
The boat is Italian flagged, and the owner was at home in Italy.
“Because of that, salvage rights and laws were in a grey area,” Lemoine said. “So, no one would step up and take it because there was a chance they would never get paid.”