SEEKING REDEMPTION | February 15, 2012
Since 2006, CLYNK has been recycling bottles and cans at its South Portland plant (more than 270 million, according to the ticking counter on its website), allowing customers to accumulate balances in personal accounts that can be redeemed for cash or donated to education and charity organizations.
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A WEEKEND IN MAINE'S NORTH WOODS TEACHES LESSONS BEYOND SURVIVAL | February 10, 2012
Tim Smith doesn't think the apocalypse is coming. He's not into high-tech gadgets or high-drama, made-for-TV survival situations.
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WILL THE NEXT KEYSTONE FIGHT HAPPEN IN NEW ENGLAND? | February 08, 2012
We may have narrowly avoided Keystone XL (for now), but local environmental activists say that Maine and New England are not safe from "the dirtiest oil on earth," with a huge Canadian oil company seeking other routes to pump crude oil out of Alberta.
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LOCAL ADJUNCT PROFESSORS FIGHT FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE | January 25, 2012
Even as Governor Paul LePage and others tout the importance of the community college system in Maine, the adjunct professors at Southern Maine Community College and the University of Southern Maine are without contracts.
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TRUTH TO POWER | January 18, 2012
It's the end of the world as we know it in author and environmental journalist Bill McKibben's latest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (St. Martin's Griffin).
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DEIRDRE FULTON