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Maine’s heat pump boom has been promising for rural workforce development. Can it last?
Maine has had success in adopting heat pumps across the state, and jobs have grown quickly — particularly in rural areas. But as the state approaches big deadlines for heat pump installation and bolstering its clean energy workforce,…
Maine resilience projects face yet another funding setback
The Trump administration is scaling back a multi-billion dollar hazard mitigation grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.
Maine lawmakers considering new dam safety reforms
The measures include bolstering the state’s enforcement actions, expanding mapping efforts and updating the pay scale for Maine’s chief dam inspector.
AmeriCorps cuts threaten climate resilience, conservation across Maine
Forty-six AmeriCorps members were already working in Maine, and another 70 were scheduled to start last week — days after the termination went out.
With new techniques, landowners shape forests for maximum carbon storage
Many of the Maine woods have been cut so hard that reshaping them for carbon storage will be neither quick nor easy.
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