3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1821+ words) LEWISTON " Snowmobiling is big business in Maine, generating hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Beyond the snowfall, the industry depends entirely on the goodwill of landowners along the state's vast trail network, and the work of the thousands of…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (323+ words) Maine's top source for news and information. You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (538+ words) As Maine grapples with how to pay to fix roads, piers and other infrastructure damaged by severe storms that are increasing as the climate changes, lawmakers are considering a climate superfund act that'would fine major fossil fuel companies for past…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (239+ words) With about four times as many job postings for engineers as there are graduates produced in-state, there is no better " or more affordable " time to pursue a degree in engineering. Can today's high school and college graduates " or adults considering…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (366+ words) As has been well noted, while campaigning, Donald Trump met with fossil fuel executives and promised them a good return on their investment " if only they would give him $1 billion to ensure his victory. He has done much to make…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (664+ words) Douglas Rooks has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter for 40 years.He welcomes comment at[emailprotected]. Last week's decision by the Environmental Protection Agency repealing a 2009 "endangerment" finding that carbon dioxide emissions threaten the national and global environment was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (206+ words) The slow art of fly-fishing requires wading and waiting. As modernity speeds up around us, so does the erosion of the world in which fly-fishing exists. For anglers like Paul Guernsey and his protagonist, Vincent Mapp, one must adapt to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (218+ words) People should take better care of Earth. Our Earth will be a junkyard soon, and we don't have another planet to go live on. Stop driving gasoline cars! People should stop dropping trash in nature too. I don't like seeing…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (598+ words) David Vail is professor of economics emeritus and former director of environmentalstudies at Bowdoin College. He is a member of the Citizens" Climate Lobby"sEconomics Research Network. "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" S. T. Coleridge"s "The Rime of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (273+ words) Every time a climate disaster hits, we see the same story: Families lose homes, roads are washed out, crops are destroyed, insurance rates spike and taxpayers foot the bill " all while oil and gas companies rake in profits. That is…...