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Maine’s black fly season is now all summer long
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 30, 2025
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 27, 2022. Nothing ruins a perfect Maine summer day faster than clouds of biting insects. Anyone who has spent any time here from May to October knows this and awaits their arrival with...
Maine and other states mull a vaccine advisory group to push back on RFK Jr.
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 30, 2025
Moves by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to reshape the nation’s vaccine policies are leading Maine and other Democratic-led Northeast states to discuss creating their own regional vaccine advisory group. Specifics are light...
Questions raised about technology to fight global warming
The Rising Nepal
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Wellington, July 4: The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed...
UMaine researchers seeking striped bass remains to study fish’s diet
WABI - Maine
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July 3, 2025
Maine (WABI) - If you fish for striped bass, researchers at the University of Maine could use the guts. A graduate student is leading a project to analyze and better understand the feeding habits of the fish. She says findings may help researchers...
$57,000 technology is paying off for Harford County crime investigations
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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The Harford County Sheriff's Office can capture crime scenes more easily with the use of a Faro Laser Scanner, which helps detectives preserve a scene exactly as it was when a crime occurred. This technology is pivotal in the investigation, and...
Help Reel in Data for UMaine Striped Bass Research
The Lincoln County News - Maine
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July 3, 2025
Abby Remick holds a 28-inch striped bass caught in the Scarborough Marsh in June. (Photo courtesy University of Maine) At the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, student researchers have launched a new project this summer to investigate...
Warming Gulf of Maine Buffers Ocean Acidification—For Now
Eos
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July 3, 2025
In the face of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, the Gulf of Maine is thought to be particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. Its vulnerability has to do with temperature: The waters of the gulf are cold, and cold water dissolves carbon...
How immigration policies are impacting STEM
WQLN - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
The Trump administration’s immigration policies are deterring recent graduates and prospective employees from seeking STEM opportunities in the U.S. Maine Public’s Ari Snider reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright...
An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts
Vancouver Is Awesome
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July 3, 2025
The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change . The startup Gigablue...
Ocean technology startup that sold 200,000 carbon credits faces scientists’ doubts: ‘Trust us, it sinks’
Fortune
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The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed three years ago by a...
A 1950s medical model grows in Maine
The Maine Monitor
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July 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news....
Portland, Maine Ranked Among Top 15 U.S. Cities for Staycations
102.9 WBLM - Maine
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July 3, 2025
It’s safe to say Portland has become quite the tourist hub these days. According to the Maine Office of Tourism, the Forest City welcomed over 2.8 million visitors last year. That’s quite a number. It’s like the entire population of Mississippi...
Fewer rural Maine moms get paid leave, study shows
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Parents of newborns in rural Maine are less likely to get paid parental leave than those in urban areas of the state, according to a new study. Northeastern University surveyed 151 new moms from around the state and found that nearly two-thirds...
World News | Company's Carbon Credits Raise Questions About Unproven Ocean Technology to Fight Global Warming
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Washington, Jul 3 (AP) The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed...
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC (NASDAQ:CALM) – A High Growth Momentum Stock with Strong Technical Setup
myMotherLode - California
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July 3, 2025
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC (NASDAQ:CALM) stands out as a high-growth momentum candidate with a solid technical setup, making it an interesting prospect for investors seeking both fundamental strength and favorable chart patterns. The company, a leading...
An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts
Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed three years ago by a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs test a legacy Maine industry that global trade decimated
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 3, 2025
BUCKFIELD, Maine — Simon Varney pre-ordered extra hardwood from Canada in February when President Donald Trump threatened broad 25 percent import tariffs on goods from that country. The next month, the administration exempted that wood. That left...
Abortion Is Legal in Maine, but Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Gut Much of the State’s Reproductive Health Care Access
TIME Magazine
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July 2, 2025
Sweeping cuts in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” targeting abortion providers threaten to drastically reduce access to a wide variety of sexual and reproductive health care services in Maine—even though the state has protected...
MTI to vet 5 proposals for Maine life sciences hub
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Maine Technology Institute will vet five proposals to develop a state-of-the art life sciences laboratory and business incubator based in the Pine Tree State, according to MTI President Brian Whitney. Tuesday was the submission deadline. The...
Maine disability advocates fear Trump budget bill could cut critical funding
News Center Maine
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June 27, 2025
Disability advocates urge the Senate to oppose budget cuts impacting Maine's nonprofit. AUGUSTA, Maine — Disability advocates in Maine are raising concerns about President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which could be voted on in the...