Picture credit: Harry Cuningham Collecting rainwater for use during dry months in rain barrels or other depositories is an ancient and traditional practice. Historical records show that rainwater was collected in simple clay containers as far back as 2,000 years ago in Thailand, and throughout other areas of the world after that. With the rising […]
Picture credit : Vlad smolyakov / Unsplash According to Justin Gerdes writing for GTM:, ” … Maine is the most heating-oil-dependent state in the country. More than 60 percent of the state’s 550,000 households rely on heating oil as their primary energy source for heat.” She quoted Michael Stoddard Executive Director of Efficiency Maine Trust: […]
Picture credit: Jim Dollar at Creative Commons For an expanded description of the MSZ go to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection The Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act (MSZA) requires municipalities to adopt, administer, and enforce local ordinances that regulate land use activities in the shoreland zone. The shoreland zone is comprised of all land areas […]
Picture credit: Agustín Pacheco – Unsplash As reported by Ryan Green in the School Transportation News. Read the entire article at STNews Legislation that was introduced in December would require all school buses statewide to operate with electric power by 2040. There are currently 3,000 school buses in operation statewide. The bill does not specify […]
A new sustainability effort by our neighbors in York. A York EcoHOME is a York household that commits to receiving and considering one monthly Eco-Friendly action that will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. You can learn more about York EcoHomes at York Ready for 100%
Picture Credit jimmywayne at Creative Commons As reported by Melissa Lizotte of the Bangor Daily News, a new multimillion-dollar solar farm project is being built near Presque isle Airport. A multimillion-dollar solar farm project is expected to generate large annual electric savings for the city of Presque Isle and nearby industrial companies who take part […]
December’s monthly video featured highlights silvicultural research on the Penobscot Experimental Forest, focusing on shelterwood, single-tree selection, diameter limit cutting, exploitive harvest, and ecological forestry. The video was produced through a partnership with the University of Maine. Research on the PEF is critical to forest managers and policy makers throughout the region. Though initially established […]
Picture credit: Timothy Valentine / Creative Commons The Septic System Database provides information for the Towns of Ogunquit, South Berwick, Wells, and York, Maine on theOgunquit River watershed septic system database created by FB Environmental Associates. The overall goal ofthe septic database is to facilitate municipal management of septic systems by ranking systems according to […]
Despite setbacks and delays, the UMaine project is likely to be the first floating commercial-scale wind farm in the U.S. Picture credit: Tux Turkel, staff writer at the Portland Press Herald, wrote: “UMaine’s bid to be a player in the emerging offshore wind industry has suffered repeated setbacks. Most notably, it was hobbled during the […]
Picture credit: “caveman Chuck” Coker / Creative Commons Julia Bayly wrote on January 27. 2020 in the Bangor Daily News: “Maine currently uses more fossil-fuel produced energy than any of the other New England States. The solution to reducing, and even eliminating, that dependency could lay in state’s potential to produce much of the energy […]
