Lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on the first of multiple bills this session taking aim at the class of chemicals known as PFAS, which are the focus of growing health concerns nationwide.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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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Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
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.
Posted inFood, Maine, News, Source
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.
Posted inNation & World
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.
Posted inBusiness
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.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
A ‘natural design’ garden will attract nature to your garden
Skip the lawn, and let your garden mimic the natural cycles of wildland.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.
Posted inNation & World
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.