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November 20
Phippsburg oyster project is a triple win
Environment, business, school all expected to benefit from effort
PHOTOS by KELLI PARK Maine has the power to draw people with its rugged beauty. But Maine is more than a pretty face, and it casts its spell over entrepreneurs who find possibility in its vast coastline. On the shores of the New Meadows River in Phippsburg is one example. The Basin Oyster Project began to take shape three years…
November 20
The smoking gun: what the fossil fuel industry knew (and when it knew it)
Internal documents show climate impacts understood in 1960s
The smoking gun on climate change is, well, the smoke. Or at least carbon pollution. But the real smoking gun, said activists from the Center for Climate Integrity and Union…
November 20
Election gives Maine environmental opportunities
Federal, state political climates offer green economy growth
As the Maine Climate Council works out recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (scheduled to go to the governor’s office and the legislature on Dec. 1), and with President-elect Joe…
November 18
Luke's Lobster, Island Institute join forces
Partnership aims to boost demand for Maine seafood, wild and farmed
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged Maine’s fishermen and coastal communities in an unprecedented way. Diminished demand for Maine’s seafood has left Maine’s marine economy at risk. The Island Institute and…
October 29
Seven coastal towns land SHIP grants
Maine Coastal Program awards $155,050
The Maine Coastal Program has awarded $155,050 to support seven waterfront development projects. The funds are awarded through the Shore and Harbor Grant Program (SHIP). The grants provide coastal towns…
October 29
Island Institute deploys Island Fellows Downeast
FELLOWS WORKING ON PROJECTS IN HANCOCK, WASHINGTON COUNTIES
Over the past 20 years, the Island Institute’s Island Fellows program has invested in island and coastal communities from Casco Bay to Eastport. Though the program is well known on…
October 29
‘Creeping creepy’ stalks island in The Other Mrs.
SETTING RECALLS PEAKS ISLAND, PLUS SUBURBAN AMENITIES
The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica Park Row Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2020 For centuries, there’s been nothing like an island on the remote coast of remote Maine to spark…
October 29
Family ties fray on a Maine island
THE GUEST BOOK PULLS BACK CURTAINS ON SUMMER HAVEN
The Guest Book By Sarah Blake; Flatiron Books, New York Review by Dana Wilde Toward the very end of Sarah Blake’s insightful novel, The Guest Book, one of the principal…
October 29
Paul Doiron’s game warden heads north
LATEST MIKE BOWDITCH MYSTERY IS ACTION-PACKED ENTERTAINMENT
One Last Lie By Paul Doiron, Minotaur Books The title “game warden” conjures images of men and women in forest-green fatigues with a mission to steward natural resources, which in…
October 29
The beauty and wonder of seaweed, artfully rendered
SCIENCE AND AESTHETICS COMBINE AS TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE SEA PLANTS
The Curious World of Seaweed By Josie Iselin (2019) Just being told something seems curious makes you curious to know more about that, yes? And so Josie Iselin’s newest book,…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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