Maine increases solar capacity
Maine is increasing its capacity to generate more low-polluting electricity from the sun through a new community solar program.
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Maine is increasing its capacity to generate more low-polluting electricity from the sun through a new community solar program.
Ski areas are increasingly focused on two sides of the sustainability question — how to keep snow on the slopes and how to reduce pollution from their energy-intensive operations.
A comprehensive list of news and notes from Election Day and beyond.
In this week's newsletter: Explaining the origin and implications of Question 3; Question 2 asks Maine voters to borrow for transportation improvements (again); Gov. Mills votes ‘no’ on Question 1; U.S. Energy secretary backs the corridor; Mills steps up public appearances.
And the regulations kick in next week, with a four-month ban on trap-rope in nearly 1,000 square miles of prime lobster grounds off Maine. Within 10 years, federal regulators are calling for a radical reduction in the use of gear-rope, aiming to squeeze the risk of harm to right whales down to near zero.