The donation from the founder of IDEXX Laboratories will support the new David Evans Shaw Institute of Public and Planetary Health.
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EPA ruling on climate change could make Maine’s air harder to breathe
The agency has rolled back a landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health, eliminating the legal basis for federal climate protections.
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Windham accepting applications for watershed protection grants
The grant program is focused on community-based efforts to protect and restore diverse natural resources.
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Maine hopes ‘citizen scientists’ will take lead for lake health
A new scorecard for waterbody health rates nearly 1,200 lakes and other waterbodies around the state. Officials hope residents will use it to guide action.
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South Portland’s plan for the future envisions what could come after oil tanks
The Comprehensive Plan Committee approved a draft that will soon become public.
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Falmouth lawns sprout signs on both sides of pesticide ordinance vote
The Nov. 4 referendum will determine whether changes that would strengthen the town’s rules on pesticides and fertilizers should be repealed or go back into effect.
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Owner of former Brunswick garage fined for illegal oil dumping
The owner of a building on Pleasant Street will pay a fine after an eyewitness spotted an employee dumping a tank of motor oil.
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Yarmouth pauses development to ease strain on aging sewage treatment system
The Royal River Pump Station must be replaced, town officials say, because it’s running at capacity and has caused recent system overflows.
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Manufacturers seek product exemptions from Maine PFAS ban
Makers of products like nonstick cookware cite health, safety and functioning of society as reasons they should be able to continue selling products made with forever chemicals.
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Seeing more bats in Maine? Here’s why.
Bats, ecologically and economically important, suffered through the 2010s. But experts are cautiously optimistic about the future.