The Climate Monitor newsletter is a weekly roundup by The Maine Monitor of Maine’s most urgent environmental and energy-related news. The newsletter is delivered by email Friday mornings and the story portion of each edition is archived below.
Dover-Foxcroft stares down massive tax hike to maintain ailing dam
Without outside funding, maintaining the dam to federal standards would run the town just under $10 million.
Lawmakers eye net energy billing, nuclear power and time-of-use rates
Net energy billing has been controversial since it was first implemented in Maine in 2019. The debate continues this session.
New bills could allow towns to come together and take over abandoned dams
Hancock County lawmakers are planning legislation that would address dam abandonment in response to a debate over three Bucksport-area dams.
Mining company to sell some land in Penobscot County
The deal is expected to close for $1.5 million at the end of January.
As Portland transitions away from PFAS-laden firefighting foam at the Jetport, lawmakers intend to make state follow
Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is pushing for that to happen.
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