Municipalities lose hundreds of thousands whether they fight the retailers or not, and a slow-moving state appeals board doesn’t help.
Kate Cough
Kate Cough covers energy and the environment as a 2021 Report for America corps member. She was previously a reporter for The Ellsworth American before becoming the inaugural digital media strategist for The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander. Kate graduated with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College.
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Conservation group stunned by proposal for wind facility on Sears Island
Friends of Sears Island wants the state to consider Mack Point, which is already industrialized, for a wind energy assembly and fabrication facility.
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Wolfden CEO calls mining rejection a ‘speed bump,’ vows project will continue
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The find, one of the richest on Earth, could test Maine’s 2017 metallic mining laws, considered the strictest in the nation.
How ‘green’ is Maine? Recycling data is so incomplete, state experts don’t have clear picture
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DEP proposes fining Sprague for Sears Island plastic spill
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