Jonathan Rubin, professor at the University of Maine School of Economics and director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was interviewed by the Times Record about the efforts by Maine to increase the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the road from 7,000 to 219,000 by 2030. “No one’s going to buy […]
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News Center Maine reported that the University of Maine has added four new Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations, bringing the total number of chargers at UMaine to 35. The charging stations were added in part due to increasing demand. “I constantly get emails from folks looking for a charging space. I get an email […]
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The Business Download reported that, with new government spending legislation supporting novel sustainability-focused projects across the country, the University of Maine will use $10 million for green engineering and materials research programs that could help sequester carbon using wood products.
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Composites Manufacturing Magazine reported that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) is working with researchers in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to construct a prototype weatherproof and insect-proof single housing unit in collaboration with the Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing). ASCC’s “Factory of the Future” is made […]
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Cindy Isenhour, assistant professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, was featured on the 1010 WINS In Depth podcast discussing whether thrifting is contributing to fashion’s culture of excess. Isenhour discussed the resource loops of thrifting, particularly with respect to the growing resale market. “Some people that are looking at this […]
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In an article about Stonyvale Farm collecting food waste to create electricity using anaerobic digestion, Maine Public cited a 2018 University of Maine study that found Maine generates more than 200,000 tons of food scraps each year, and the statewide capacity for recycling all that material grew by about four times between 2014 and 2017, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine installed four new Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations for public use at the Stevens Hall parking lot, increasing the total number of chargers for UMaine community and public use to 35. Members of the public can charge their electric vehicles at these stations for […]
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The University of Maine installed four new Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations for public use at the Stevens Hall parking lot, increasing its total number of chargers for UMaine community and public use to 35. Members of the public can charge their electric vehicles at these stations for $1.50 per hour. More information is […]
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In an article about a Brunswick campaign to promote how food waste recycling could help residents save both dollars and the environment, the Times Record interviewed Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about the benefits of keeping food waste out of landfills. “There’s a […]
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Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology and faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how Maine needs to do […]
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