Many newcomers are able to pay big bucks to find the serenity offered by an isolated enclave.

“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.

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…

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

By Chase Brunton