Fred Bever
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Lewiston, ME, United States
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These young men catch more than lobsters. They also catch a break
Four Black teens are learning how to lobster in a new program called "Lift All Boats." Maine's seafood packing plants have a diverse workforce, but commercial fishing is mostly white. → Read More
Portland company with big plans for using seaweed to soak up carbon draws scrutiny
Big-name investors have committed to buying carbon-dioxide removal credits from the company, whose value one venture-capital tracker pegs at $14 million. Its plans have received positive attention from CNN and The Atlantic. But an article published last month in the MIT Technology Review was more critical. Some scientists are also skeptical. → Read More
Feds designate $21 million for cleanup of Brooksville Superfund site
Located on Goose Pond near Penobscot Bay, the Callahan mine left a legacy of heavy metals and PCBs in the area. → Read More
Breakable lines, remote control traps: Maine lobstermen grapple with an onslaught of new rules
Last week federal officials announced they aim to deploy high-tech fishing gear on as many as 100 lobster and crab boats in New England. It's the latest move to bring Maine's lobster fleet into a new era, as an onslaught of potentially transformative federal regulations intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales take effect. → Read More
Susan Collins holds up NOAA nominee over lobstering rules intended to protect right whales
NOAA is barring traditional trap-pot gear from some areas off New England during periods when it says North Atlantic right whales are at risk of deadly entanglements with buoy lines. → Read More
Solar projects are on hold as U.S. investigates whether China is skirting trade rules
A federal investigation of allegations that China is illegally avoiding duties on solar panels sold to U.S. companies is putting the brakes on the nation's solar power build-out. → Read More
New law could boost labor union presence in Maine renewable energy projects
"Maine is becoming a national leader in making sure we tackle climate change and inequality together and making sure we have a worker-centered plan for climate action," says Matt Schlobohm, executive director of the AFL-CIO. → Read More
2021 was the hottest year on record in the Gulf of Maine, new data show
“As unusually warm as 2021 was in a historical context, it's likely to be one of the coolest years we'll experience going forward, especially if we're not able to reduce greenhouse gas emission globally," says the institute's David Reidmiller. → Read More
Janet Mills proposes $850 direct payments as Maine's estimated surplus balloons to $640 million
Mills is also proposing one-time, multimillion dollar boosts in a dozen other state programs. → Read More
Amid strong revenue growth, L.L. Bean gives 20% bonuses to employees
With $1.8 billion in revenues in 2021, the company says its had one of its best years ever. → Read More
New federal budget will likely include funding for BIW to build a DDG-51 destroyer
Maine Senator Susan Collins has helped restore $1.6 billion dollars to a pending federal budget to ensure funding for a Bath Iron Works contract to build one of the U.S. Navy's next two DDG-51 destroyers. → Read More
King says he supports Biden's handling of the Ukraine crisis
King says this is the most dangerous moment in world history since at least the Cuban missile crisis. → Read More
Maine lobstermen getting $14 million in federal funds to comply with new right whale protections
Maine's Congressional delegation has secured $14 million in federal funds to help lobstermen buy gear that complies with new rules that aim to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglements. → Read More
Lawmakers endorse legal fund for Maine lobstermen, reversing earlier opposition
A legislative committee reversed course Tuesday, voting to support a roughly $900,000 fund to pay for the lobster industry's legal fight against federal rules that aim to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. → Read More
Lawmakers debate how to help Mainers struck by high electricity prices
It seems likely that some quick relief for thousands of low-income electricity customers will arrive in March. → Read More
Facing eviction, Ethan Strimling says he's being targeted for organizing Portland tenants
Former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling says he is being targeted because he organized and leads a tenant's union that has filed complaints against landlord Geoffrey Rice for allegedly violating the city's recent rent-control law. → Read More
Early data suggest 2021 was one of the hottest years on record in the Gulf of Maine
Surface water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine this fall hit new seasonal highs, and it looks like 2021 overall will be one of the hottest ever in the Gulf. → Read More
Central Maine Power admits mistakes in response to spate of solar power project proposals
Solar power developers stampeded into Maine last year, spurred by new incentives. But the actual buildout was hampered by CMP's slow and sometimes inaccurate provision of planning studies needed to safely interconnect new projects to its system. → Read More
Maine lobstermen union appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to halt right whale protections
A Trenton-based union that represents lobstermen and other industry stakeholders is making an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt new fishing restrictions in a nearly-one-thousand square mile area off Maine. → Read More
Jonesport residents put temporary hold on rockets as Brunswick company pursues nearby launch
The 60-to-4 vote at a special town meeting gives residents time to create an ordinance for aerospace facilities, after an upstart Brunswick company called bluShift Aerospace proposed a small-bore rocket-launch site on an island off the mainland. → Read More