DoomsdaysCW<p>On the ballot in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScarboroughMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScarboroughMaine</span></a>!</p><p>Council Corner: A path to continued <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandConservation</span></a> in Scarborough </p><p>Posted July 18 <br />Karin Shupe, Scarborough Town Councillor</p><p>"On July 17 at 5:30 p.m. the Town Council held a workshop to discuss the potential referendum questions for this November’s ballot. One of these questions includes a request to replenish the land bond fund. The land bond fund is a town fund that was created in 2000 for the purpose of purchasing land for conservation. Unlike what a traditional bond referendum looks like, the land bond does not have an immediate impact on taxpayers, as it authorizes future bonding for land conservation.</p><p>"Scarborough voters have overwhelmingly supported every land bond referendum that has come forward since the creation of the land bond fund. The town has contributed $7.5 million towards the acquisition of land for conservation in this 24-year span. Scarborough’s commitment to land conservation has helped successfully obtain grants from the federal and state government and attract donors and matching funds from organizations like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScarboroughLandTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScarboroughLandTrust</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandForMainesFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandForMainesFuture</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineFarmlandTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaineFarmlandTrust</span></a>. These partnerships have led to conservation and preservation of land throughout the town, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PleasantHillPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PleasantHillPreserve</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarrenWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WarrenWoods</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FullerFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FullerFarm</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BroadturnFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BroadturnFarm</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilverBrookPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SilverBrookPreserve</span></a>.</p><p>"As of today, there is approximately $14,000 remaining in the town’s land bond fund. With a Town Council goal to conserve 30% of Scarborough land by 2030, more funds are needed. There are many public and economic benefits to land conservation that make this goal so important for Scarborough. The No. 1 concern expressed by our community in the recent survey was the rapid pace of growth and expansion. By conserving land, not only are we protecting our natural resources from development and preserving drinking water and water quality in our rivers, streams and marsh, we are also providing open space for our residents and visitors to enjoy.</p><p>"Historically, conserving land is cost neutral to a town budget, while residential development adds more to a town’s cost of services and infrastructure beyond the tax revenues it receives. As one of the fastest growing communities in the state, it is even more important for us to act now to protect our natural resources and maintain the open space that has attracted residents to Scarborough.</p><p>"The request before the Town Council is for a $6 million replenishment of the land bond, which accounts for the rising cost of land and the town’s 30×30 goal. This recommendation comes from the town’s Parks and Conservation Land Board, which is responsible for evaluating the applications the town receives for land bond funds. The board has developed a detailed acquisition evaluation process for properties, based on factors such as size, preservation of natural resources, location to habitat, public access and creating connectivity.</p><p>"Most recently the board recommended, and Town Council approved, the use of $800,000 towards the preservation of an additional 130 acres at Silver Brook Preserve in western Scarborough. This recent Silver Brook Preserve expansion now connects 813 acres of continuous conserved land between Scarborough, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacoMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SacoMaine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuxtonMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BuxtonMaine</span></a>. With no further funds available in the land bond, the town may miss opportunities like Silver Brook Preserve in the future. The town is also currently in the process of developing an Open Space Conservation Plan. This plan will guide and prioritize land conservation efforts. With no funds in the land bond, we will be unable to act on the land conservation recommendations from this plan.</p><p>"Scarborough is a leader in land conservation. No other town in Maine has spent as many local dollars on conserving their natural resources. I will try to continue our leadership in land conservation by encouraging my fellow councilors to support placing this $6 million land bond on the November ballot. To learn more about the land bond I invite residents to attend our upcoming Council Corner Live on Aug. 7 to learn more about the land bond – stay tuned for details."</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/07/18/council-corner-a-path-to-continued-land-conservation-in-scarborough/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/07/18/cou</span><span class="invisible">ncil-corner-a-path-to-continued-land-conservation-in-scarborough/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheFarms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthernMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandTrust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandConservation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueCarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlueCarbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaltMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScarboroughMarsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScarboroughMarsh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WebOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WebOfLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreserveNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PreserveNature</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Sinking in Saltwater: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coastal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marshes</span></a> at risk as sea levels rise</p><p>Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>development</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PollutedRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PollutedRunoff</span></a>. </p><p>By<br />Kate Cough<br />July 28, 2024</p><p>PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltMarsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaltMarsh</span></a> to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cordgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cordgrass</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltmarshHay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaltmarshHay</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/saltgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>saltgrass</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackRush" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackRush</span></a> — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Crabs</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/shrimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shrimp</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worms</span></a> arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> — <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alewives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>alewives</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StripedBass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StripedBass</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/smelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smelt</span></a> and Sea-run <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrookTrout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrookTrout</span></a> among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.<br />logo for the sinking in saltwater series</p><p>"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FoodWeb</span></a> 'more productive than most midwestern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farmland</span></a>,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.</p><p>"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlgalBlooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlgalBlooms</span></a>, and burying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contaminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contaminants</span></a> in the peat. </p><p>"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbon</span></a> from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'</p><p>"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023. </p><p>"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.</p><p>"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pesticides</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/septic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>septic</span></a> systems and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AgriculturalWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AgriculturalWaste</span></a>.</p><p>"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineClimateCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaineClimateCouncil</span></a> in December.</p><p>"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wetlands</span></a> if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themainemonitor.org/sinking-in</span><span class="invisible">-saltwater/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueCarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlueCarbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScarboroughMarsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScarboroughMarsh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSmilingHillFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSmilingHillFarm</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GorhamConnector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GorhamConnector</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedBrook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RedBrook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PesticideRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PesticideRunoff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SewageRunOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SewageRunOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WebOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WebOfLife</span></a></p>
Bill Spunska<p>Bullshit (2)</p><p>The Bullshitters</p><p>WHO WE ARE</p><p>"Blue carbon deploys emerging strategies in the context of country de-carbonization using only methodologies that focus on compliance markets. We are committed to help businesses and government utilities to define their sustainable frameworks to help transit to a low carbon economy and reach their Net Zero goals in compliance with the transferability of credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.</p><p>We help to accelerate sustainable development through transformation strategic investments and through our bilateral relationships we foster environmental economic development and advances sustainability. Our vast industry experience allows us to benchmark data and drive economic opportunities and growth for our stakeholders."</p><p><a href="https://bluecarbon.ae/about/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bluecarbon.ae/about/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/emirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emirates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bluecarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bluecarbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carboncredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carboncredits</span></a></p>
Bill Spunska<p>Bullshit (1)</p><p>The Bullshit</p><p>OUR MISSION</p><p>"We accelerate global transition to a de-carbonised economy using bilateral agreements to help governments and our clients design and implement carbon abatement strategies in compliance with the Paris Agreement, leveraging the ambition of the UAE and its founders.</p><p>Our aggregated experience in compiling GHG inventories, MRVs, NDCs and Carbon Abatement strategies across GCC countries and large State Owned Entities since 2009 is a pivotal statement of our track record. Climate Change is happening. We act as investments vehicle that identifies gaps, realizes opportunities and develops net-zero strategies to build a climate resilient economy."</p><p>Our heritage allows us to forecast future demands. Hence we invest in green and blue carbon projects today, in compliance with tomorrow’s demand.</p><p><a href="https://bluecarbon.ae/about/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bluecarbon.ae/about/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/emirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emirates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bluecarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bluecarbon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carboncredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carboncredits</span></a></p>
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