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How Maine Towns are Trying to Throw Away Less and Save More

2015-07-09 20:21:00| Waste Age

The Point Policymakers have long had their eyes on waste reduction. In 1989, the Maine Legislature mandated that the state boost its recycling rate to 50 percent within 20 years. But 26 years later, Maines recycling rate has barely broken 40 percent, and its budged little in recent years. read more

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A College in Maine That Tackles Climate Change, One Class at a Time

2015-07-01 03:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Like many residents of this picturesque island town on the edge of Acadia National Park, Zach Soares had trouble keeping his house warm, going through five cords of wood in the winter. So he jumped at an offer last year for free energy improvements through a class project at the College of the Atlantic, where he works. As a result, Mr. Soares ended up burning about a cord less of wood typically about a $200 savings this winter and was so satisfied with the results that he now plans to insulate...

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Central Maine Power Re-Commits to Tendril with Multi-Year Extension

2015-06-25 18:10:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Tendril has announced a new three-year contract with Central Maine Power to deliver customer engagement solutions to more than 600,000 residences and small businesses. read more

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Maine, Canadian potato farmers learn from Argentine counterparts

2015-06-16 01:18:18| Food - Topix.net

Potato growers from Maine joined forces with their Canadian counterparts and McCain Foods executives to travel 12,000 south miles this winter to Argentina as part of a mission to see what foreign farmers could teach and to learn from each other. The group of 10 New Brunswick and six Maine growers, all of who have contracts with McCain Foods, traveled to the country in January 2015.

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