What we’re monitoring: Mining • Sea Rise
Aroostook power corridor faces opposition from landowners
In a scenario reminiscent of similar battles, plans for overhead transmission lines are being pushed by key politicians but fought by those directly affected.
A look at three other projects with underground transmission lines
A summary of three other projects in play in New England and New York with buried cables.
There’s federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn’t Maine getting more of it?
Maine, with its thousands of miles of serpentine coastline and communities highly vulnerable to flooding and storms, would seem the perfect candidate for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, an umbrella of awards aimed at making towns…
$1.6 million in tax revenue on the line for Wiscasset in dispute over nuclear waste facility
The state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located. For Wiscasset, the price tag could be in the millions.
MaineDOT closes part of Machias dike, changing plans
A temporary bridge will be constructed to maintain traffic flow, though no specific timelines are known.
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