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 Maine Public Utilities Commission on Thursday terminated its deal with LS Power, which had won a contract to build a billion-dollar powerline from southern Aroostook County to central Maine. -
As the power outages from Monday's storm stretched into midweek, and winter temperatures returned, rural Mainers have been finding ways to stay warm and get by as best they can. -
Versant Power says about half of its customers were without power as of Tuesday afternoon — and service might not be restored until the end of the week. -
Monday's storm that brought heavy wind and rain to Maine is the kind of event that scientists say is becoming more common as climate change warms the planet. -
Powerline prompts Troy energy ordinance -
The state is ahead of its heat pump installation goals, but the shift to electric vehicles has been slower than hoped statewide. -
The Sandy River is an improbable salmon stream. It's not been known for its salmon runs in recent years, and it's blocked by four dams. But despite all that, biologists say the salmon population is growing in this tributary of the Kennebec. And the river's cold water could provide a refuge for the endangered species as the climate warms. -
In a webinar Tuesday, Friends of Casco Bay staff scientist Mike Doan said this year's abundant summer rain contributed to a dramatic increase in combined sewer overflows, a mixture of sewage and storm water that is discharged to the bay. -
The Maine Public Utilities Commission says the new standard-offer rates for customers of CMP, and Versant customers in Aroostook County, are about 30% lower than this year's. -
Sugarloaf's Charli Sayward said the mountain opened last weekend, thanks to a lot of early season snowmaking. And she said at least 5 inches of fresh snow had fallen by Wednesday morning.
