Environment and Outdoors

In some cases, the developers are arguing that recent advancements in wind turbine technology have made newer models so efficient that older, less efficient turbines erected nearly a decade or more ago have lost much of their taxable value.

We discuss the ways in which tribal communities are inordinately affected by climate change, what that looks like in Maine—and what is being done about it.

State regulators are launching an investigation into how Central Maine Power responded to the implementation of new solar energy development in Maine. Developers say that when new legislative mandates for solar energy were introduced, CMP dropped the ball.

The Maine Warden Service was called to rescue hikers on the Appalachian Trail and Tumbledown Mountain this weekend.

Nestle announced yesterday it has sold Poland Spring, and its other bottled water brands to two private equity firms.

The Northeast Wilderness Trust has purchased more than 3,400 acres on the western slopes of Mt. Redington near Rangeley for designation as a wilderness sanctuary. As permanent wilderness, the sanctuary will never be logged and will eventually become old-growth forest.

Our gardening experts answer your questions about how to get your spring garden off to a good start.

The lawsuit, from a U.S. Subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable, is challenging a proposed amendment to the state's river management plan, which would recommend stricter fish passage requirements.

Heavy winds have left more than 35,000 households without power across the state.

The oldest pending federal court case in Maine is one step closer to resolution.More than 20 years ago, the National Resources Defense Council and the…