ICN Maine

Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation

The proposed project promises hydro-powered data and cutting-edge cooling technology, yet questions remain about its true environmental footprint and local impact as it borders indigenous land and a national wildlife refuge.

By Ryan Krugman

Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.

By Sydney Cromwell

Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts

By Ryan Krugman

Protecting Puffins in Maine Is an Emotional Commitment

By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Equation

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

Climate Change Worsens Half-Century of Drinking Water Problems for Maine Native Reservation

By Sydney Cromwell

In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change

By Sydney Cromwell

Can Clams Make a Comeback on a Tribal Reservation in Maine?

By Sydney Cromwell

Why Farmers May Be Able to Continue Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge

By Tom Perkins

Lakes Region Restoration Project Aims to Link Conservation Lands From Maine to New Hampshire

By Olivia Gieger

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

Feeding Cows Seaweed Could Cut Methane Emissions and Diversify Maine’s Coastal Economy, but Can It Scale?

Story and photos by Matilda Hay

Could the Northeast Burn Again?

By Olivia Gieger

Using the ‘Magic’ of LiDAR to Map Maine’s Old-Growth Forests

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future

By Olivia Gieger

31,000 Acres at the Front of a Movement

By Olivia Gieger

The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

By Kiley Price

A Beached Whale Has Reignited the Fight Between Conservationists and Maine’s Lobster Industry

By Kiley Price

Mainers See Climate Promise in Ballot Initiative to Create a Statewide Nonprofit Electric Utility

By Annie Ropeik