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- Tests find humans, not dogs, responsible for Rockland park poop problem (8/12/14)
ROCKLAND — The high level of fecal bacteria on the grounds of a popular Rockland park is from humans, not dogs.
- Pembroke residents question proposed power project (8/9/14)
- ‘The air is bad’: Mainers support new limits on power plant emissions (8/6/14)
PORTLAND — Dr. Tony Owens stood before a federal environmental regulator Wednesday and described his most recent shift in the emergency department at Maine Medical Center.
- Portland council orders group to study possibility of rooftop park over Congress Square event center (8/4/14)
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council on Monday revived a study group charged with plotting the future of the embattled Congress Square and ordered the panel to consider the possibility of a rooftop park over an event center there.
- ReEnergy to restart Ashland biomass plant idled since 2011 (8/4/14)
PORTLAND — The New York-based owner of four biomass plants in Maine plans to restart its Ashland operation by the end of the year, with a ramp-up that will include hiring 25 people, buying mill and forest byproducts and assessing and re-tuning equipment.
- Maine’s largest power plant taken off the market, reflecting changes in regional demand (8/12/14)
PORTLAND — Wyman Station, the state’s largest power plant, is no longer on the market as its owners saw increasing profits from the oil-fired power plant in the first quarter of 2014, when winter constraints on natural gas supply for electric generation resulted in greater demand for power from the oil-fired generator.
- $20 million federal grant to fund Maine aquaculture research network (8/7/14)
ORONO — After years of painstaking research, scientists and fishermen have made substantial progress in learning how to grow seaweed, oysters, mussels, salmon and other marine species along the coast of Maine.
- Tidal power company seeks support for Washington County venture (8/5/14)
Halcyon Tidal Power’s plan is the latest project proposed for the Cobscook Bay area, where huge tides draw interest from energy developers
- Opponents of Rockland bag fees surpass target to force repeal vote (8/4/14)
ROCKLAND — Opponents to a mandatory pay-per-bag trash disposal law collected far more signatures than needed in fewer than two weeks to ask residents at referendum in November to repeal the ordinance approved in City Council.
- Rapid aquaculture expansion alarms residents on Bagaduce River (8/3/14)
PENOBSCOT, Maine — Oysters have developed a heavy presence in a tidal estuary that separates three Blue Hill Peninsula towns, and not everybody is celebrating their arrival. It’s not the mere presence of the mollusks that some people object to so much. It’s the way they have moved in.