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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 J U N E 2 6 , 2 0 1 7 For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is some of the best from our online-only offerings: Featured @ Mainebiz.biz Lobster industry in a hot pot? Scientists and lobstermen meeting in Portland recently agreed they need to work together more closely to understand and prepare for changes coming with warming oceans. What's driving that discussion? The Gulf of Maine is warming 99% faster than other world salt water bodies, accord- ing to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration data, and lobsters are moving from west to east and north to their preferred cooler waters. Find out more at mainebiz.biz/hotpot Portland girls just wanna network A new Portland women's networking forum got off to a running start with a kickoff event at the Press Hotel, hosted by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by People's United Bank. Organizers see the establishment of a formal network of women as "beneficial, both academically and professionally, as well as empowering." Find out more at mainebiz.biz/womennetwork MaineHealth launches Cancer Care Network The MaineHealth Cancer Care Network, a collaboration between MaineHealth, its affiliate hospitals and Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was launched June 15 in part with a $10 million grant from The Harold Alfond Foundation. The collaboration will enable cancer patients to have access to patient-centered cancer treatment by specialists whose expertise ranges from surgery to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Find out more at mainebiz.biz/cancercare From the Editor O ne thing that seems clear looking at the energy focus in this issue: ere's a lot of investment fl owing into the energy sector. From the list of Maine's largest power plants on Page 30, the introduction to the focus section on Page 15 and the chart of who owns the wind farms in Maine, it's clear there are some major players that have invested here. Brookfi eld Asset Management Inc., which owns more than 215 hydroelectric power plants around the world, including the Great Lakes Hydro America plant in Millinocket, recently became a 51% owner in TerraForm Power Inc., which owns four wind farms in Maine. For more on wind power, check out Senior Writer Renee Cordes' story, which looks at where the growth is. Solar panels continue to turn up on roofs and in solar arrays around the state. But, as Staff Writer Laurie Schreiber reports, the industry is concerned about the potential impact of the Jan. 1 rollback of the net-metering credit. Companies that install solar are worried that the booming business (and payrolls) they have now will dry up next year. We'll see. Also energy related, Senior Writer | Content Specialist Lori Valigra visited Bow Street Market to see how the grocery store saves on its energy costs — one freezer door and one light fi xture at a time. She followed the auditor as he inspected the store in the process of maintaining its Grocery Stewardship Certifi cation. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz Re: the editor's letter of the June 12 issue on the diffi culty of fi nding qualifi ed workers. I agree with Isaac Stroe about companies bringing this on themselves, but have a diff erent take based on my observations of the Maine job market. As a Maine-based career advisor since 2009 and a Maine job seeker twice since losing a good job in southern Maine in early 2002, I know that there are plenty of highly competent applicants in Maine. Part of the problem is that the application system is broken. Most companies use applicant tracking systems (ATS = the big black hole) to help with the large volume of resumes they receive every day, but by relying on a machine to screen people, the human element takes a back seat. If companies actually read the top 25% of resumes that never saw the light of day, I'm convinced that they'd fi nd some great candidates. Ask several Maine professionals seeking employment, and I'm certain many others besides me can tell about times they weren't contacted by employers for jobs they applied for or for other opportunities within the company. Rich Grant, Brunswick To the Editor Energy is big business in Maine Be selective. 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