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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Maine's Department of Public Safety will hold daily press conferences at 10 a.m. for the duration of the manhunt.
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A man shot and killed 18 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes.
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Environmental groups have petitioned the board to set more stringent emissions standards for new vehicles by incorporating a version of California's Advanced Clean Cars regulations.
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Opponents of a proposed metals mine near Patten rallied in Bangor on Monday afternoon, in advance of public hearing before the Land Use Planning Commission.
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Legislation passed in June sets a goal for Maine to procure three gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2040. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will take public comment on the Draft Wind Energy Area for 30 days.
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Made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the grant is part of a $3.5 billion package the Biden administration announced Wednesday for 58 projects in 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability.
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Critics of the Pine Tree Power campaign say the transition to a statewide public electric utility is impractical. But it has been done elsewhere.
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Nearly 100 opponents of a power line that would connect southern Aroostook County to central Maine rallied in Augusta Saturday afternoon.
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Torrential rains from post-tropical storm Phillipe damaged Route 1 in Searsport overnight Saturday. The road was closed Sunday morning, and traffic detoured around the affected area.
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A popular downtown Belfast movie theater that has faced an uncertain future will reopen in November, according to its website.