Next time you come across seaweed and other debris washed up on the beach, known as wrack, remember that it’s not mere garbage. In fact, it plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of our stunning Ogunquit beaches in several ways: Habitat and food source: Wrack serves as a habitat for various small organisms […]
Picture Credit: JR P / Creative Commons The Sustainability Committee of the Town of Ogunquit meets every month and the agenda and minutes of all meetings can be found at www.townofogunquit.org You are welcome to attend AGENDA TBA In the Spring of 2019, the Select Board of the Town of Ogunquit established the Sustainability Committee to […]
Federal Tax Incentives for Going Green: FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION GO TO THE IRS WEBSITE Home Energy Residential Clean Energy Credit: A 30% tax credit on the cost of installing solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, battery storage, and other eligible renewable energy systems for your home. This credit applies to systems installed from […]
Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash So was quoted Hannah Pingree, co-chair of the Maine Climate Council Between the relentless onslaught of two coastal storms on Jan. 10 and 13, and the destructive havoc wrought by the Dec. 18 tempest, inflicting over $20 million in damage across 10 Maine counties, it is inconceivable that any […]
The Town of Ogunquit was awarded an incentive award for $32,000 or 90% of the final project costs, whichever is less, to install and operate Level 2chargers at Obed’s Parking Lot, Cottage Street. This project will provide the town its first 4 outlets (two per charger) for the charging of electric vehicles owned and operarted […]
That is the title of Adam Gopnik’s article in the Feberuary 27, 2023 issue of the New Yorker Magazine. Aacording to Sweedish ecologist Johan Eklof, most churches in southwest Sweden had bat colonies back in the nineteen-eighties, and now most of them don’t. Light pollution, his research suggests, has been a major culprit. READ MORE […]
Maybe it is time for all of us to begin talking about leaf-blowers. As the September 26, 2022 article by Michael Shapiro published in “Sierra,” the magazine of the Sierra Club, highlights: “Gas leaf blowers, generators, and lawnmowers emit more air pollutants statewide than California’s 14 million cars.” Really? More pollution than 14 million cars? […]
