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New England Aqua Ventus marks Earth Day with review of clean energy attributes of demonstration wind project
David Wilby, New England Aqua Ventus Thu, 04/22/2021 - 8:00am
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“After 80 years of studies warning that carbon emissions are destroying our environment, the danger is now at our doorstep. The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than almost any other saltwater body in the world, driving our lobsters up the coast. Our coastal waters are growing acidic; temperatures are fluctuating, and sea levels are rising, endangering our shellfish industry. Our forests are less suitable for spruce and fir and more suitable for ticks. Climate change is threatening our jobs, damaging our health and attacking our historic relationship to the land and sea. Tonight I say, enough. Enough with studies, talk, and debate. It is time to act!” – Governor Janet T. Mills, 2019 Inaugural Address
Digital platform program will bolster seafood industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Economic Development Administration has awarded the Gulf of Maine Research Institute nearly $750,000 to help connect small businesses and entrepreneurs with leaders in the seafood industry to create digital platforms to promote growth, job creation and resiliency.
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) announced the award on Monday that will establish the institute’s Gulf of Maine Blue Innovation Recovery program.
“Maine’s working waterfront is central to the livelihoods of families, communities, and small businesses throughout our state,” the senators said in a statement. “We welcome this investment in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, which will help our seafood industry weather the coronavirus pandemic through innovative technology.”
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French food services and facilities management company Sodexo, which employs 760 people in Maine, on Monday unveiled plans to invest at least $1 million in the state s food economy during 2021.
The company said it will do so in the form of local food purchases via more than 130 existing partnerships with farms, food producers and fisheries.
Sodexo, a Fortune 500 company with a $21 million payroll in Maine, serves 13,000 meals daily at 14 colleges and hospitals statewide, including Central Maine Medical Center, the University of Southern Maine and Southern Maine Community College.
Sodexo noted that Maine has 7,600 farms, more than any other New England state, 40% of which are owned by Mainers under age 34.
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