News and Views
The New York Times reports that the installation of new renewable energy equipment is expected to decline by 30 to 50 percent in 2009 due to the credit crunch and global recession.
Here in Maine, the state solar rebates are no longer available. Efficiency Maine says that as of January 16, 2009, "all of the funds made available for these programs have been allocated for this year."
An international panel of 155 scientists from 26 countries has issued the Monaco Declaration, stating that "severe damages are imminent" as a result of increasing ocean acidity. Burning fossil fuels pumps carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The oceans absorb some of this carbon dioxide, which reacts with ocean water to create acids. The increasing acidity of the oceans is interfering with the growth and health of shellfish and eating away at coral reefs, a processes that will eventually affect marine food webs. "The chemistry is so fundamental and changes so rapid and severe that impacts on organisms appear unavoidable," said James Orr, head of the symposium’s scientific committee.
Events in Maine
Events in Maine
Thursday, February 5 - What's Bugging Us? Browntail Moths and More, 7 pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick. Learn about Browntail moths with Charlene Donahue, a Forest Entomologist with the Maine Forest Service who was recently elected president of the Maine Entomological Society. For more information, call Misty Gorski, Executive Coordinator, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, at 582-5608 or email fomb@gwi.net.
Saturdays in February - Parent-Child Nature Walks, 1-2 pm, Wolf’s Neck Farm, Freeport. Bring your family and come take a guided 1-2 mile walk in the winter woods! You and your children can learn how to identify different plants, read animal tracks, and understand what different species do to survive a Maine winter! All ages welcome. Fee: $10/adult, $5/children under 12. Meet at the Haze Hut next to Little River Farmhouse.
Sunday, February 8 - Community Supported Food Fair, 1-4 pm, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant Street, Brunswick. Meet your local farmers and fishermen and learn how to sign up for a farm or fishery share. Fourteen farms will attend the event in Brunswick. Other locations on the same day around the state include Belfast, Canaan, Ellsworth, Farmington, Hallowell, Newcastle, Norway, Orono, Portland and Saco. Admission is free! For more information, visit www.MOFGA.org.
Sunday, February 15 - Herb Garden 101, 1 pm, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick. Brunswick Park & Garden hosts Betsey-Ann Golon, co -owner of Common Folk Farm Organic Herbs. "Herb Garden 101" is for everyone who loves herbs. Betsey-Ann will offer handouts on a simple "potted" garden to a garden of "Simple Abundance" that integrates herbs, fruits and vegetables. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 833-5125.
Sunday, February 15 - Irreplaceable Wildlife in a Warming World, 1:30 - 3 pm, First Parish Church, 425 Congress Street, Portland. View beautiful photos of endangered species. Learn from Maine advocates what you can do. Slide show and panel presentations featuring Anne D. (Andy) Burt, Environmental Justice Consultant, Maine Council of Churches; Andy Whitman, Director, Natural Capital Initiative Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences; Jym St. Pierre, Nature photographer & Maine Director of RESTORE: The North Woods; and Tara Thornton, Maine Coordinator, Endangered Species Coalition. For more information, call 268-2108 or email tthornton@stopextinction.org.
New store hours at F.W. Horch in Brunswick: we're now open on Mondays!
Store hours: Mon 9:30-4, T-F 9:30-7, Sat: 9:30-6, Sun Closed.
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