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 Belfast and spends as much time as possible outdoors, preferably with his wife and two adult daughters.
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National Weather Service meteorologist Stephen Baron crunched the numbers from a weather monitoring station in Portland. He says the average January temperature was 31.7 degrees. -
Maine's Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday gave its approval to a major transmission line and wind power development in Aroostook County.
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The University of Maine is working with the Wabanaki tribes on developing a plan for climate adaptation.
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At a virtual event sponsored by Maine's Environmental Priorities Coalition, Maine Audubon's Eliza Donoghue said the number of threatened and endangered species is growing in Maine, partly due to climate change and habitat loss.
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For decades, Sears Island in northern Penobscot Bay has been caught between development proposals and the environmentalists who want to conserve it. But the most recent conflict is a bit trickier — as it involves a green-energy project.
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree on Thursday announced $33 million in funding to improve and modernize ferry service in Maine.
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Maine environmental advocates are urging the Biden administration and the state's congressional delegation to support stronger clean car standards.
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High tides are now occurring as often as 18 times a year, typically in late fall and early winter, and late spring and early summer. They are quickly becoming more common as climate change causes sea levels to rise.
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Displayed on a pedestal on the campus of Unity College, there's a glass-covered gray rectangle, about the size of a picnic table. It's a solar panel that former President Jimmy Carter once installed on the White House.
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A recent investigation by the New York Times shows that the propane industry is paying HGTV hosts and other influencers to fight the trend toward electrification and climate-friendly products like heat pumps.
