ICN Maine

Burning Questions Confront Wildland Firefighters in Maine and Across New England

Wildfire officials in the region don’t know what long-term impacts federal personnel reductions and proposed research station closures will have on their ability to fight fires.

By Sydney Cromwell

Emerging as Maine’s Democratic Senate Candidate, Troy Jackson Wants to Talk About Climate and Renewables

By Nathaniel Eisen

Dam Removal Efforts Lead to a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives

By Sydney Cromwell

Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

By Nathaniel Eisen

On Sullivan Planning Board, Platner Voted to Pump the Brakes on Solar

By Nathaniel Eisen

Wild Blueberry Farms Across Maine Suffer as Climate Change Upends Growing Seasons

By Sydney Cromwell

Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?

By Dan Gearino

Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters

By Nicole Williams

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

By Sydney Cromwell

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

There’s Something in the Air in South Portland, Maine

By Ryan Krugman, Inside Climate News, and Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe

New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads

By Ryan Krugman

For Maine’s Lakes, Shorter Ice Seasons Mean Loss of Water Quality, Winter Traditions

By Sydney Cromwell

Maine Again Looks North for Onshore Wind, but Full Grid Integration Will Have to Wait

By Nathaniel Eisen

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

By Ben Seal

A Maine Folk Band Finds Its Voice in a Warming World

By Ryan Krugman

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Nonprofit Center Works with Rural Maine Towns to Prepare for and Protect Against Extreme Weather

By Sydney Cromwell

Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats

By Pragathi Ravi