environment
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Legislators hear arguments for, against upgrading Androscoggin River classification
Upgrading the river would mean raising the minimum water quality standards the state is required to maintain by law.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2022
Relief fund created to help Maine farmers deal with forever chemicals
Maine Farmland Trust and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association have raised $255,000 to create a short-term financial safety net for those affected by PFAS.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2022
New Hampshire reaches $25 million deal with Monsanto over PCBs
The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs
The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court's ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2022
Maine lawmakers look to take on voracious browntail moths
New bill would fund more experts and programs to combat the invasive bug that strips trees and causes people to itch all over.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition
Opponents worried that the bill, which has huge support among Maine science teachers, would give environmental groups too much influence.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Maine predicts a steep price to fight forever chemicals
Soil and water testing, bottled water and filtration systems at farms, factories and landfills where PFAS chemicals have tainted the well water could cost up to $20 million a year, says DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Forever chemical risk identified throughout Maine
The Department of Environmental Protection will test for PFAS contamination at hundreds of licensed sludge and septage dispersal sites across the state, but some people aren't waiting.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
Coffee waste does amount to a hill of beans. To dispose of it, many Maine roasters and coffee shops go green
Composting spent grinds and chaff, via commercial operations or customers who garden, is common practice.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2022
Southern pine beetles are not an immediate threat, the experts say, but they are a cause for concern
The invasive beetles have been spotted in Maine and could be a harbinger of other damaging bugs to come.
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