The administration’s proposed plan eliminates the nationwide effort to reduce the energy sector’s carbon footprint.
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Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
Monarchs caught up in rewrite of endangered species rule
One of the changes the Trump administration wants to make is to reserve the option to estimate and publicize the financial cost of saving a species in advance of any decision on whether to do so.
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Posted inMaine, New England, News, Politics
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland grants Cushing Island group first waiver from new pesticide ban
Seasonal residents of the private island in Casco Bay had requested permission to selectively use the chemical Roundup to try to control invasive plants.
Posted inNation & World
Trump promotes his environmental record despite sweeping rollbacks
Former government regulators and environmental advocates say the president’s arguments strain credulity, coming from an administration that has moved to weaken several landmark U.S. protections for air and water.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Edwards Dam removal signaled new era for rivers
Once considered only for their industrial uses, the waterways are now seen as community assets for other reasons.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Oregon’s Republican state senators end walkout over carbon emissions bill
The nine minority lawmakers return after the Senate president says Democrats lacked the votes needed to pass legislation.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
State says Maine milk passes tests for ‘forever chemicals’
But health advocates call for more testing for PFAS contamination on farms that fertilize with treated sludge.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Six years after St. Croix River reopened to herring, a record run
Lawmakers had ordered fishways shut to the keystone food fish in 1995, causing their population to collapse.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: This week, we look at another flying object – the bumblebee
Like some birds, bumblebees live in colonies. Unlike these birds, the bees are all related, but not all reproduce.