From today’s Portland Press Herald on the new cargo ship service out of Portland and the Gulf of Maine: “A strategic partnership between Iceland’s largest steamship line and New England’s largest railroad is poised to transform the quiet port of Portland into a hub for freight crossing the North Atlantic.” http://www.pressherald.com/news/citys-new-cargo-service-set-to-deliver_2013-03-11.html Print
Municipal Coastal Resilience Initiative helps towns adapt All along the coasts in recent years, cities and towns have suffered the effects of increasingly frequent and severe weather events such as Katrina, tropical storm Irene, post-tropical storm Sandy and winter Nor’easters causing municipalities to seek ways to protect their shorelines from potential damage. Hurricane Sandy...
“If you live in southern Maine and there’s a big enough winter or spring storm, then the odds are good that there will be footage on a local television station of Camp Ellis and the beating it’s taking,” explained Saco City Planner Bob Hamblen. The repeated loss of homes to wave action and beach...
By Anita Hamilton Shayne Leo McQuaid, 63, who had recently retired from the Habitat Management Division of the Maritimes Region of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), passed away on Thursday, January 10, at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shayne McQuaid His many friends and family have had the privilege of...
Joan LeBlanc, an experienced environmental leader, has taken on the role of council coordinator for the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (GOMC). LeBlanc previously served as deputy director for The Boston Harbor Association, where she worked to promote the historic cleanup of Boston Harbor and to implement a $30 million restoration...
Members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced on February 7 they will reduce the allowable greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by 45 percent next year. The multi-state agreement will lower the cap on carbon dioxide emissions from 165 million tons to 91 million tons in 2014. Changes will cut carbon dioxide emissions...
