Kate Cough covers energy and the environment as a 2021 Report for America corps member. She was previously a reporter for The Ellsworth American before becoming the inaugural digital media strategist for The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander. Kate graduated with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College.
One bill would direct the Public Utilities Commission to lay out conditions under which a utility company would be able to have control over energy storage systems.
Maine has a number of deposits of crystals that could be similar to the ones in Newry, as well as rare earth elements and the country's largest reserves of manganese.
Maine Big Night is a citizen science project focused on the relatively warm (mid-40s), wet nights in early spring during which amphibians journey from their winter hibernating spots to their breeding grounds in vernal pools and wetlands.