CentralMaine.com published an opinion piece from Jeff Marks indicating that the recently announced public-private partnership between the University of Maine and New England Aqua Ventus could boost Maine’s renewable energy industry and the state’s economy. Marks is the director and senior policy advocate at the Acadia Center, a clean-energy research and advocacy nonprofit in Rockport.
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Richard Wahle, research professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center and founder of the Lobster Settlement Index, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article highlighting the changing movement patterns of lobster in New England and the impact on the fishery.
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) discussed trends in food preservation during the pandemic with University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator Kathy Savoie. Savoie says that economic disruption often leads to an increase in home gardening, with beginners tending to plant too much for their consumption. UMaine Extension anticipated the pandemic-related resurgence in home gardening and […]
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The Kennebec Journal quoted University of Maine Lobster Institute statistics in a story about a blue lobster found in a shipment to Hallowell Seafood & Produce. The crustacean was caught off Cabbage Island near Boothbay Harbor, and will be returned to the ocean or donated to an aquarium.
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