Grimmel Industries and two related companies in Oakland and Topsham must pay a $250,000 fine to the EPA and end pollution practices.
environment
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: If you can’t beat invasives in toto, beat them in part
Gardeners and wildlands managers, don’t give up if you can’t eradicate invasive plants. Even slowing their spread is helpful.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Poisoned bait kills more than mice
Dogs and cats, foxes, bobcats, hawks, eagles and owls all are at risk of death if they eat poisoned rodents.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine must plug in to fight climate change, study concludes
Just building renewable generation and stepping up energy efficiency won’t slash greenhouse gas emissions enough to meet Maine’s aggressive climate change goals.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
With ‘significant success’ area communities plan to continue recycling outreach
An eight-week pilot program led to a reduction in recycling load contamination rates, along with cost savings.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine on target to meet near-term greenhouse gas emissions goals
New estimates of how much carbon Maine forests store indicate that achieving carbon neutrality will be easier than hitting Gov. Mills’ robust emissions targets for 2050.
Posted inOutdoors
Sounds of extinct species call to listeners
Musician and sound artist Steve Norton brings his sound installation to Maine Audubon. Tragically, it’s the only way you will ever hear these vanished birds and amphibians.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Legislature right to take on packaging waste
Cardboard boxes, plastic jugs and things like them are filling the waste stream, and their disposal costs Maine taxpayers millions each year.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Committee endorses 40% fee increase on wastewater discharge permits
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said the fee increase is necessary to prevent a looming shortfall in the program that enforces state and federal water quality laws.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic
L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.