Fred Bever
A Columbia University graduate, Fred began his journalism career as a print reporter in Vermont, then came to Maine Public in 2001 as its political reporter, as well as serving as a host for a variety of Maine Public Radio and Maine Public Television programs. Fred later went on to become news director for New England Public Radio in Western Massachusetts and worked as a freelancer for National Public Radio and a number of regional public radio stations, including WBUR in Boston and NHPR in New Hampshire.
Fred formerly was Maine Public Radio’s chief political correspondent from 2001 to 2007 and returned to Maine Public Radio in early 2016 as a news reporter and producer, covering a wide variety of topics across Maine and the region.
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A set of appeals challenging the state's environmental permit for Central Maine Power's controversial energy corridor and its transfer to a spinoff company are on hold. But a draft decision by staff at the Board of Environmental Protection would uphold both.
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A federal investigation of allegations that China is illegally avoiding duties on solar panels sold to U.S. companies is putting the brakes on the nation's solar power build-out.
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Maine's Supreme Judicial Court took up two cases Tuesday whose outcome could determine the fate of the billion-dollar energy corridor through Maine's western woods, first proposed more than three years ago by Central Maine Power.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments in which CMP seeks to throw out the result of last year's referendum, and the Board of Environmental Protection will take up CMP's appeal of a ruling.
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Hundreds of large-scale solar power projects are on hold in the U.S., while federal trade officials investigate whether Chinese manufacturers and affiliates in Southeast Asia illegally avoided duties on solar panels. Some see the situation as a threat to President Biden's climate agenda.
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Help could finally be on its way for Saco's efforts to keep the sea from destroying more waterfront properties at Camp Ellis.
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A wide coalition of New England conservation groups is calling on federal regulators for a rigorous review of the potential effects of offshore wind-farms on Gulf of Maine ecosystems and fisheries.
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Colgan is the fourth Maine resident to be arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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An international dispute over tariffs on solar panels is casting uncertainty over the nation's growing solar power sector, and it's slowing Maine's aggressive efforts to ramp up renewable energy resources.