Kate Cough

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Kate Cough is the editor of The Maine Monitor, previously serving as environmental reporter and enterprise editor for the newsroom.

As an eighth generation Mainer, Kate believes her responsibility as editor is deeply personal — shaping and implementing The Monitor’s coverage of the issues that matter to people, the place she calls home and where she is raising her family, is about serving her community and our future Maine. She lives in Bar Harbor.

She has received recognition from the National Headliner Awards, Maine Press Association and National Newspaper Association, among others.

Contact Kate with questions, concerns and story ideas: gro.r1751700024otino1751700024menia1751700024meht@1751700024etak1751700024

Language(s) Spoken: English and Italian

Electric transmission lines seen during the winter months surrounded by snow-covered trees.

A historical recap of the Central Maine Power corridor saga

The courts, as courts tend to do, will be deciding on a very narrow set of questions, but the answers could have far-reaching implications for permitting and approval of high-impact transmission lines going forward.

ByKate Cough

May 13, 2022

A crane grabs hold of logs from a large pile scattered on the edge of a forest and prepares to load them into a truck bed

What if the trees didn’t fall in the forest?

Why Maine’s large landowners aren’t participating in carbon offset programs, and what might happen if they did.

ByKate Cough

May 8, 2022

A group of residents listen to company representatives at a town hall event

Pembroke bans commercial metallic mining; American Aquafarms committed to raising fish in Maine

In recent decades, most of the environmental consequences that come with mining have been outsourced, often to poor countries with lax environmental regulations.

ByKate Cough

May 6, 2022

The exterior of the Rumford mill during the winter

Proposed excise tax on commercial water extraction watered down

Maine lawmakers have approved cash to help industrial businesses become more efficient.

ByKate Cough

April 29, 2022

A tidal generating device that would serve as backup power for the city of Eastport

Maine company plans to bring tidal power back to Eastport

The device would be part of a microgrid aimed at bringing backup power to the area’s chain of bridged islands.

ByKate Cough

April 24, 2022

State terminates controversial fish farm application

The Department of Marine Resources put the kibosh on an application from American Aquafarms to raise 66 million pounds of salmon in pens in Frenchman Bay.

ByKate Cough

April 22, 2022

Pembroke residents push back against mining company’s plans

Concerns over Wolfden Resources’ ability to protect the environment leads to the opposition to silver mining.

ByKate Cough

April 10, 2022