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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Maine relies heavily on Canada for refined petroleum products including heating oil, used in over half of homes in the state. -
Electricity generation from large-scale solar arrays was up 18 percent over the year before, while electric output from wind farms grew by 7 percent. -
The measure would extend a conservation easement over the entire state-owned island off the cost of Searsport. -
The purchase expands a contiguous protected area along the Kezar River. -
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative says the Indian Township federally funded rooftop solar plan violates state rules -
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate was barred from participating in a regulatory proceeding for a $400 million transmission upgrade. -
The Maine Supreme Court declined to rule on a prolonged dispute over alleged environmental violations. -
A White House order has stopped federal leases for ocean wind and paused permitting for all wind projects. -
A panel of legislators recommended Heather Sanborn's confirmation to the post. -
The money is intended to help repower wind turbines and add a solar array.
