Murray Carpenter
Climate ReporterMurray Carpenter is Maine Public’s climate reporter, covering climate change and other environmental news.
Murray has been a Maine journalist for 25 years, with much of his reporting focused on science and environmental stories. His experience includes working as a reporter and editor for the Republican Journal, a staff writer for Maine Times, and an earlier stint as a general assignment reporter for Maine Public from 2006-2008. As a freelancer, he has reported for the New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR. His book Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts and Hooks Us was published by Penguin in 2014.
Murray lives in Maine and spends as much time as possible outdoors, preferably with his wife and two adult daughters.
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The U.S. is the world's largest coffee consumer, but grows only about 1% of it. Some coffee-growing countries could be hit with steep tariffs, and U.S. coffee roasters are trying to figure things out.
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A team of researchers went into the woods of Maine searching for a mysterious bird of the eastern forests — a golden eagle. They're conspicuous in the American west but secretive in the east. -
State environmental regulators say the Town of Phillips violated state laws and damaged habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon when it dredged the South Branch of the Sandy River in December. -
From working skiffs to multi-million dollar yachts, there's a small but growing market for EV boat motors on the New England coast.
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In the quest for climate solutions, Maine entrepreneurs are banking on biochar, a charcoal-like substance. They say it can bind up carbon for decades, and improve agricultural soils at the same time. -
Saturday's storm is expected to be weaker than the event that flooded coastal towns and wiped out working waterfronts on Wednesday. But forecasters warn that tides will be higher, meaning that the flooding may rival what coastal towns experienced earlier in the week. -
As Mainers mopped up from the storm Thursday, U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine called for more aggressive climate action. -
In a committee hearing Thursday, legislators considered an amended bill to put the project back out to bid, while changing some of the technical specifications, and encouraging earlier cooperation with other states that might be involved. -
Meteorologist Michael Cempa, with the National Weather Service in Gray, said the worst flooding could occur at high tide Wednesday morning. -
In a recent letter to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, Versant said it intends to request an increase of about $35 million in distribution rates, to cover storm restoration costs, grid maintenance, and other expenses.
