environment
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2021
Another View: Automakers backed Trump’s clean-car rollback – Biden shouldn’t bend to their wishes now
Carmakers’ support for the relaxation of vehicle standards delayed the U.S. fight to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Landscape your lakefront house like the lake’s life depends on it. In fact, it does
When it rains, pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants wash off the lawn directly into the lake. Employ these landscaping strategies to help keep the lake clear, clean and hospitable to fish.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Do you know Mainers helping improve our environment? Nominate them for a Source Award
Nominations for the Press Herald's sixth annual Source Awards, recognizing the state's leaders in sustainability, are open through March 1.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year – and it’s going to get worse
Two new papers reveal the growing toll that human-caused global warming is having on the planet's ice.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Biden likely to halt new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands and waters Wednesday
The planned moratorium would halt oil and gas auctions for one year, and coal leasing for three years.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
A ‘natural design’ garden will attract nature to your garden
Skip the lawn, and let your garden mimic the natural cycles of wildland.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Maine regulators deny request to ban out-of-state waste
A group of environmentalists had petitioned the Board of Environmental Protection to put an end to the practice.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Study: Warming already baked in will blow past climate goals
The authors say the amount can be delayed if the world quickly stops emitting extra gases.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Unprecedented wave of solar development spurs land rush in Maine
Over the next few years, solar energy farms will be popping up across Maine, which has no specific rules for where such projects should be sited.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
4 dams, the future of Kennebec fish runs and salmon’s survival at stake in federal licensing battle
State officials and conservationists want one or more of the Canadian-owned dams removed to let salmon reach the Sandy River.
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