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The Port of Portland receives crude oil shipments, which it then sends via pipeline to refineries in Quebec and Ontario. About three-quarters of Maine’s households – the highest share in the Nation – use fuel oil for home heating. Maine generates a larger share of its electricity from nonhydroelectric renewable resources than any other State. Maine is the only New England State in which industry is the leading energy-consuming sector. Maine has the highest wood and wood waste power generation... Read Full Story

I came across an interesting article regarding the cleanup of the massive oil spill that BP is trying to stop. Hair and mushrooms! Yes, a strange combination. To read the article click here . Read Full Story

Winter is gone for many across the country and the annual march to the local garden store has begun. It's time to add color to the yard and get this years garden in shape to produce beautiful vegetables, fruits and flowers. Red, blue, green, yellow, all of the colors that people enjoy during the summer while sitting on their patio or taking a walk in the park. But what about rust and black? These are the colors of many of the pots your pretty flowers and veggies were potted in by the... Read Full Story

Canyon so deep. Canyon so tall. Don't stand too close 'cause surely I'll fall. The grass grows green. The sky is so blue. Look at the clouds, you know that it's true. I stand at the top and think of the drop. If I only had wings I could soar from this spot. This canyon is deep. This canyon is wide. Until I get near, it appears that you hide. You live all alone in the desert so dry. Yet water fills your bed from mountains so high. You are a canyon with walls very steep. I'll treasure the... Read Full Story

3 to 10 degrees Farenheit. Scientists say that's the increase in temperature on the earth's surface by the end of the century if heat-trapping emissions are not reduced. If you were to recycle a mere 1/2 of your household waste per year, you can save up to 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide. Are you doing your part? Are you filling your recycling bin every week with items you used to throw in the garbage? It's really a simple thing to do, you only have to make the effort to change your garbage... Read Full Story

Glass produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials reduces related air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%. Glass bottles and jars are 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without any loss in purity or quality. States with container deposit legislation have an average glass container recycling rate of just over 63%, according to the Container Recycling Institute. Read Full Story

If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year. Read Full Story

About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take 500 years to decompose. Read Full Story

Oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface. But, only 1 percent of the oceans are protected. Apparently, what goes on below the surface of the ocean is out of site and out of mind. So, if the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico didn't reach the surface, would it be a big problem? Read Full Story

The U.S is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world’s people generate 40% of the world’s waste. Read Full Story