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Scientists oppose tax credit that could boost Maine’s wood heat industry

Scientists oppose tax credit that could boost Maine’s wood heat industry

by Katie Brown | February 21, 2021

After more than a decade of lobbying and negotiations at the federal level, December’s pandemic stimulus bill included a federal tax credit for the renewable wood heat industry.  The tax credit offers residential buyers 26 percent off new high-efficiency wood...
Environmental experts push back on Canadian company’s plans to mine for metal in Maine

Environmental experts push back on Canadian company’s plans to mine for metal in Maine

by Katie Brown | February 7, 2021

Before settlers rushed westward to mine for gold in the mid 1800s, metal was being mined in Maine. As the craze died down out west, word spread of Maine’s potential. A silver rush ensued and scattered operations lasted through the 1900s — until the impacts of two...
Irving lost mining battle, but history says Canadian corporate giant will not give up

Irving lost mining battle, but history says Canadian corporate giant will not give up

by Lance Tapley | September 16, 2015

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a three-part series investigating the Irving corporate presence in Maine and New Brunswick and its implications for the state’s future. After four years of debate and $250,000 in lobbying expenses by Canadian corporate giant...

Key legislator promoting Irving mining proposal took unreported free flight from firm’s lobbyists

by Lance Tapley | May 20, 2015

A Republican state senator among those leading the fight to pass legislation to benefit J.D. Irving’s proposal to develop an open-pit mine in the North Woods accepted a free private plane ride to Aroostook from Irving’s lobbyists and didn’t report it to...
Irving lowers Rep. Martin’s bankruptcy debt by $150k and Martin pushes another Irving firm’s mining interests

Irving lowers Rep. Martin’s bankruptcy debt by $150k and Martin pushes another Irving firm’s mining interests

by Lance Tapley | May 19, 2015

An Irving family company agreed to reduce by $150,000 the debt a leading Democratic legislator owed to the company – the same legislator who has been pushing to loosen state environmental regulations so that another Irving company can mine Bald Mountain in northern...

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