Delger Erdenesanaa

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Delger Erdenesanaa covers the environment for The Maine Monitor, explaining and investigating the most pressing energy, water, forestry, fisheries and pollution issues. She also follows one of the biggest issues of them all — climate change, exploring how rising temperatures are reshaping not just the state’s landscapes and seascapes, but also the ways Mainers live and work.

Delger most recently worked at Chemical & Engineering News in Washington, D.C., covering state and federal policy on chemicals in food, agriculture and water. Previously, she has reported for the Pulitzer Center, The New York Times, the Texas Observer and Inside Climate News.

Contact Delger with questions, concerns or story ideas: delgMEMONer themainemonitor org

Central Maine Power lineman working to restore power.

Electricity customers voice concerns over CMP’s latest rate proposal

Central Maine Power is looking to raise rates by an average of $18 per month, citing a need for greater grid reliability in the face of more extreme weather.

ByDelger Erdenesanaa

June 24, 2026

‘Different this time’: Wind farms and transmission lines poised to come to northern Maine

Maine, working with 4 other New England states, is set to select winning projects soon in its latest effort to bring renewable energy development to Aroostook County.

ByDelger Erdenesanaa

June 12, 2026

truck enters the gate at the Juniper landfill entrance.

Maine sewage sludge crisis is ‘still under a clock’ even if landfill expands

Nearly all of the state’s sludge now goes to Juniper Ridge, shifting PFAS pollution from farmland to the Penobscot River.

ByDelger Erdenesanaa

May 29, 2026

technician installing a cap to protect a heat pump

New England grid operator forecasts modest growth in electricity demand over next 10 years

Many people are switching to technologies that run on electricity rather than fossil fuels, reversing a past trend of falling electricity use.

ByDelger Erdenesanaa

May 15, 2026