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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The state's "ambitious" application to build a facility in Searsport was not selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation. -
The changes are intended to boost lobster stocks but have been opposed by parts of the Maine industry. -
The federal grant will help CMP and Versant connect more renewable energy sources. -
Critics cast doubt on gas industry's claim that producing gas from manure and decomposing trash is a climate benefit. -
The company settled claims it switched accounts to pricier rates without telling customers. -
Warmer fall days and nights are making autumn colors more unpredictable and harder to predict. -
The alternatives analysis rejected alternatives to the state's preferred site for a new offshore wind power facility. -
As the offshore wind debate continues to ramp up in Maine, the climate desk takes inventory of what we know so far — and gets a glimpse into the future down in Martha's Vineyard. -
Maine regulators rejected the company's request to exempt the aftermath of storms last year from service quality requirements. -
The percentage of Maine homes burning heating oil has steadily declined since the governor made heat pump adoption a cornerstone of her climate plan.
