John and Sara will move to Leeds, on the mainland near Augusta. “We want to build a house on 100 acres we’ve bought, and do more with livestock,” John said, a bit apologetically.

“Russia is really the bellwether for the public order of the Arctic.”

—James Kraska

Robin Alden, a former commissioner of the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and current director of the Stonington-based Penobscot East Resource Center (PERC), has been named a White House champion of change for her work on sustainable seafood issues.

Coral reefs make up less than 1 percent of the ocean floor, yet they provide shelter for as much as a quarter of sea life.

A fishery crisis of this magnitude, with a healthy population of the target species, is highly unusual…

Hilton Turner, chairman of the Zone C Lobster Council, said a survey of the zone’s membership earlier this summer showed 73 percent of respondents favored closing the zone’s open-access system.

“The compromise was prioritizing marine uses, but allowing other uses to spur investment.”

—Bill Needelman

An independent study predicts that … a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend would decrease carbon emissions by 33 percent…

By Chase Brunton