This year’s potato harvest was met with an unrelenting drought that diminished crops and tied up water resources for Aroostook County farmers.
Katie Brown
Katie Brown covered environmental stories for The Maine Monitor. She was the organization’s second Report For America corps member and full-time reporter. Brown previously worked as a newspaper reporter and radio producer in Santa Cruz, California while earning her master's in science communication. She's investigated stories from commercial fishing boats, sacred native mountains and winding smoke-filled highways.
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As resource managers consider increased groundfish monitoring, fishermen have mixed responses
The New England Fisheries Management Council will vote Sept. 30 on changing its requirements for groundfish monitoring, which helps inform scientists about the health of fish stocks and determine quotas for different species caught each year.
Environmental Notebook: Severe drought sparks emergency federal farm loans
Declining water levels coupled with no rain in sight leaves Maine farmers especially vulnerable with fall harvest in swing.
CMP, Avangrid spent dark money to drum up support for controversial power corridor on top of record-breaking $11.3M public campaign
A lawyer for the dark money conduit, Mainers for Clean Energy Jobs, said the financial ties between it and the utility would have been disclosed by Sept. 7 under new ethics guidelines. But now that the referendum is off the ballot, the extent of those connections will go unreported.
Environmental Notebook: Drought conditions in Maine have led to over 900 wildfires this summer
Officials are also worried about how a lack of rainfall is impacting farms in the state — especially in Aroostook and Washington counties.
6,000 Maine solar projects remain in limbo due to uncertainty over federal decision on net metering petition
More than 57,000 organizations and individuals formally opposed a recently filed petition that would remove Maine’s ability to set solar credit standards and shift control to the federal government. The change would impact thousands of Mainers who have already committed to solar projects.
At Lewiston-Auburn Black Lives Matter protest, demonstrators, police engage in standoff over taking a knee
At one of several Black Lives Matter protests this week, Mainers shared personal experiences with racism and prejudice alongside visions of hope and change.
Portland protesters peacefully demonstrate against systemic racism, police brutality
At one of several Black Lives Matter protests this week, Mainers shared personal experiences with racism and prejudice alongside visions of hope and change.
Petition threatens to derail solar incentives across New England
Filed while the solar industry is reeling from the economic impacts of the coronavirus and state governments are focused on the pandemic, the petition could roll back net metering and unravel one of Gov. Mills’ key efforts to boost clean energy in Maine.
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