Peter McGuire
Climate ReporterPeter comes to Maine Public with more than a decade of experience in Maine journalism. He grew up in northwest Oxford County and earned degrees from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Boston University. He has covered municipal government, courts, the environment, transportation, labor, economic development and business for newspapers including the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel. Peter lives in southern Maine with his spouse and dog. He likes to spend a lot of time outside.
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A panel of legislators recommended Heather Sanborn's confirmation to the post. -
The money is intended to help repower wind turbines and add a solar array. -
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute wants volunteers to find mussel beds hiding in deeper water just off the coast. -
The governor's two-year budget proposal would transition the current energy office into a cabinet-level department. -
The legislation to boost emergency communications, flood management and fund local governments and homeowners has received bipartisan support. -
A federal licensing process offers a chance to restore migratory fish to the Androscoggin River. -
The New England Clean Energy Connect has been dogged by years of delays and court battles. -
Volunteers will accept trees from local residents this weekend in an effort to rebuild dunes washed away by powerful storms. -
The Spanish energy giant plans to operate Avangrid as a private company -
About 90% of the state's population is living in areas of moderate drought according to the newest federal monitoring.
