E2Tech acts as a catalyst to stimulate growth in the environmental, energy, and clean technology sectors. The Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech) serves as a clearinghouse for objective information, facilitates collaboration, and leads efforts to promote sustainable, resilient development.
E2Tech
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E2Tech acts as a catalyst to stimulate growth in the environmental, energy, and clean technology sectors. The Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech) serves as a clearinghouse for objective information, facilitates collaboration, and leads efforts to promote sustainable, resilient development.
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May 23, 2026
Adding Color to the Data Center Conversation and More
<p>When E2Tech first talked about organizing a discussion about data centers, someone said to me, “Make sure you present both sides of the issue.” But then every person I talked to had a unique perspective that somehow was both aligned and in tension with other perspectives in unexpected ways. We have put together a diverse panel with expertise in energy, environmental, and policy issues that goes beyond “bothsidesism” because we don’t live in a binary world that can be reduced to just ones and zeroes, good and bad, left and right, us and them. The world is not black and white and the alternative is not a sea of gray. </p><p>Allow me to say something obvious, the world is a vast rainbow of colors. And how beautiful it is. There are so many shades of color that we make up names like Zomp, Fulvous, Mindaro, Grullo, and Sinopia. (Yes, I learned these are colors by reading Dungeon Crawler Carl.) Beyond these fun names, there are wavelengths of light we cannot see with our own two eyes, but we know they are there. </p><p>I have a lot of questions for our panelists about data centers, but for a productive conversation, maybe the most important questions are the ones we ask ourselves. Am I here just to confirm what I already believe? Am I here to really listen and learn, or am I here to listen just enough to poke holes in someone else’s argument, or to understand only enough to try to persuade them of what I already think? I’m not saying that people shouldn’t have agendas. Of course, we would like others to see things our way. E2Tech’s approach in organizing this event is not to tell you how to feel or what to think, but to provide an opportunity to see a wider spectrum, to grasp a broader perspective, to add a little color. - E2Tech’s Orion Breen</p><p>We hope you are open to joining the conversation on May 28th in South Portland at 5:30pm. Thanks to gold sponsor Flycatcher LLC and silver sponsors Tetra Tech, <a href="https://sme-engineers.com/">Sevee & Maher Engineers</a>, and Pierce Atwood LLP. Find out more at: <a href="http://www.e2tech.org/our-events">www.e2tech.org/our-events</a></p>
April 27, 2026
E2Tech's Legislative Breakfast Energy Panel
<p>This energy discussion at E2Tech's Legislative Breakfast is a good primer for E2Tech's Legislative Wrap Up webinar on April 29th and E2Tech's Gridsilience event on May 6. Check out these and other great informational resources at <a href="http://e2tech.org">www.e2tech.org</a> </p><p>For about 20 years E2Tech has hosted a morning gathering in Augusta for our Maine's legislative leaders and E2Tech members. The February 2026 breakfast, which was about one month into the new legislative session, was moderated by Katherine Stratton of Bernstein Shur with Maine PUC Commissioner Phil Bartlett, Craig Nale of CMP, Jeremy Payne of Cornerstone Government Affairs, Representatives Gerry Runte and Mathew McIntyre as panelists. More about the panel here: https://www.e2tech.org/post/what-does-maine-s-energy-future-look-like-reflections-from-e2tech-s-legislative-breakfast-energy-pa </p><p>Thanks to Legislative Breakfast platinum sponsor<strong> </strong><a href="https://dwmlaw.com/profile/joanna-brown-tourangeau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drummond Woodsum</a>, gold sponsor <a href="https://roux.northeastern.edu/entrepreneurship/climatetech-incubator/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Roux Institute at Northeastern University</a>, and our silver sponsors <a href="https://www.stantec.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stantec</a>, <a href="https://www.pierceatwood.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pierce Atwood</a> and the <a href="https://www.mainechamber.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maine State Chamber of Commerce</a>.</p>
April 23, 2026
Earth Day message from E2Tech's Orion Breen
<p>It has become popular in some circles to write the obituary of the environmental movement, to refer to the passing of the "golden era" for environmentalism. It is asserted that public interest has waned, that new worries have captured attention, that inflation, the energy crisis, and international conflict have superseded if not wiped out public concern over environmentalism. Those who write that view are uninformed… Senator Gaylord Nelson wrote those words ten years after he helped found Earth Day in 1970, and they certainly resonate today.</p><p>At E2Tech we strive to bring people together so they remain informed, engaged, inspired and energized. Today, while preparing for next week’s Legislative Wrap Up webinar, Tony Buxton reminded me of the profound impact of the work and words of Senator Nelson and inspired me to dig deeper. While politics are important, the impact of the Environmental Revolution was beyond passing laws that can be unenforced, reinterpreted or rewritten. Senator Nelson noted that the Environmental Revolution has done more than change our physical surroundings and economics, it has reshaped people's philosophy of life and scale of values.</p><p>The first phase of the Environmental Revolution was focused on preventing harm. The new phase we are in now is combined with a Technological Revolution focused on creating solutions, access and abundance. I see this in the innovative businesses and entrepreneurs being supported by the Maine Technology Institute, many of whom are working to make more sustainable (and less toxic) the products and materials that surround us (and even end up inside us as microplastics and forever chemicals).</p><p>I saw it last week at The Roux Institute’s student showcase where I was inspired by student leaders like Pascal Zigashane. Pascal is using renewable energy to bring internet connectivity to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya so that people are no longer isolated from their loved ones or from the knowledge and opportunities to improve their quality of life. The Roux Institute is a special place that is bringing people together from across the world to help make Maine a global innovator in ClimateTech and more. I’m excited to have The Roux host E2Tech’s GRIDsilience event on May 6 where we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of building the grid of the future with more affordable clean energy.</p><p>Despite the noise of my newsfeed, I continue to be inspired by the community we have here and the thoughtfulness, compassion and ingenuity of the people who live in and love Maine. I believe you can’t live in Maine without being an environmentalist and I believe our “golden era” is just beginning.</p><p>Find out more about E2Tech: www.e2tech.org</p>
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