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- To save money, stop flushing the wrong things down the toilet (4/27/14)
Officials concerned with keeping Maine’s water clean are trying to find out what prompts consumers to do the right thing. Their findings may have nationwide implications.
- State (CT) awards $3.8M for brownfield investigation (4/16/14)
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development awarded $3.8 million to 21 communities to investigate specific site ripe for brownfield remediation.
- ‘Heartbleed’ bug could affect power plants, natural gas pipelines and water treatment facilities (4/9/14)
The so-called “Heartbleed” security bug that researchers revealed this week has businesses scrambling to update servers and infrastructure. One of the challenges is that the bug is so far-reaching — it affects everything from web mail to banks to social media to critical industrial infrastructure.
- New England power pollution drops 21% (4/8/14)
The amount of greenhouses gases emitted by New England's power plants dropped 21 percent from 2001 to 2012, according to electric grid administrator ISO New England.
- Environmental group’s report comes under fire after citing Bucksport mill as one of dozens of ‘dirty’ biomass plants (4/6/14)
BUCKSPORT, Maine — In the wake of a report publicly released April 2 about biomass-burning power generators, some are criticizing the report and others are defending the use of biofuels as a comparatively “clean” and sustainable technology
- Public-private partnership sees a big future for N.H. wood (4/17/14)
When it comes to heating your New Hampshire home or business, a new industry group wants you to forget natural gas and other fossil fuels and switch to a renewable heating source growing abundantly right here in New Hampshire: wood.
- Poll: More than 25% haven’t heard of Northern Pass; mixed attitudes for others (4/14/14)
DURHAM — After three years of posturing by opponents and supporters of the Northern Pass, the most recent poll on the topic shows the state is still evenly divided.
- Pingree bill would continue to let farm animals eat spent brewery grain (4/9/14)
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine said Tuesday that she is co-sponsoring legislation that would prevent the Food and Drug Administration from putting new restrictions on the way beer brewers handle spent grain, an organic byproduct of the brewing process
- Hydropower plan is raising alarms (4/7/14)
Proposed state legislation that would bring large amounts of hydropower to Massachusetts from Canada could crash the regional power market and kill off other needed energy-generating resources, according to some environmental advocates.
- Study cites nonexistent biomass plant at Madison Paper (4/5/14)
The Partnership for Policy Integrity points to 2010 permit for biomass power that was never built at the Maine paper mill.