Some legislators say a phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, a major contributor to global warming, would add new federal rules on top of current state rules.
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Maine lobstermen to federal regulators: We’re not killing whales
The Maine Lobstering Union accuses the agency of caving to environmental organizations when it should be defending the industry.
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Source Awards nominations are open
We are looking for people, businesses and organizations in your community working to make Maine and the world a greener place.
Posted inNation & World
Nevada mine fight pits electric cars against rare flower
Environmentalists say there’s no way to harvest lithium without wiping out Tiehm’s buckwheat.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Casco Bay nonprofit awards environmental grants
PORTLAND — The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership has awarded almost $11,000 in annual grants to local organizations carrying out environmental awareness projects in Falmouth, Freeport, Chebeague Island and Cumberland. In one project a team of volunteers led by the Falmouth Land Trust will inventory vegetation in Mill Creek to inform future management decisions about the […]
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
New smelt study will help record once-rich Maine resource
Biologists are recruiting citizen scientist volunteers to locate and count spawning smelt.
Posted inNation & World
‘Invisible oil’ from 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill reached Florida Keys
Small concentrations of toxic crude were potentially harming marine life, a new study finds.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine says its plan to protect whales from lobster gear is better than feds think
Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher says the National Marine Fisheries Service didn’t give the state’s plan credit for all of its whale protections.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Bill to give Maine DEP more authority over ‘forever chemicals’ advances in committee
The bill is one of multiple measures that lawmakers will consider this year in response to growing concerns about PFAS contamination in Maine.
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Maine’s plan to protect whales falls short, regulators say, raising prospect of federal rules
The National Marine Fisheries Service says the state’s proposal to keep endangered right whales from getting entangled in lobstering gear doesn’t go far enough.