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 Public Utilities Commission says the solar and hydropower projects will supply more than 250 megawatts of power for the state.
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The electric utility wants to increase its annual spending by almost half a billion dollars a year to fund an overhaul of its systems to handle more intense storms. -
Low river flows are making it hard to make electricity at the region's river dams. -
The agency has to clean or replace contaminated fire suppression systems at the Brunswick Executive Airport. -
Plans to install solar panels on more than 200 Indian Township homes have been on hold since late 2024. -
The utility has installed hundreds of smart devices on power lines across southern and western Maine. -
The Hawk Ridge composting facility continued processing polluted sewage sludge after Maine banned its sale or application in 2022.
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Despite dry conditions the state forest service predicts vibrant fall foliage. -
A new patch of the destructive plant in York is raising concerns about its spread. -
Hotter temperatures are intensifying normal short-term droughts in the Northeast.
