Maine is tied for 5th in best air quality in the country, according to America’s Health Rankings, a public health data platform.
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Can data centers contaminate wells and other water sources? | Fact brief
Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that would temporarily bar many new data centers; Gov. Janet Mills has not yet signed it.
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‘As Maine Goes’ highlights images of the state’s coastal landscape in the 1960s
The photographs by John McKee exhibiting at Bowdoin College Museum of Art range from septic pipes emptying into the shore to billboards littering scenic Route 1.
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Waste stream experts to speak about plastic at Brunswick and Bath libraries
What to do about plastic pollution in landfills, oceans and our bodies.
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DEP issues notice of violation over Orrington mercury contamination
The department charges that Mallinckrodt has done an insufficient job removing mercury from its former plant and has attempted to dodge its legal responsibilities.
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U.S. court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
The issue is whether a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
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The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, study finds
India leads the world in generating plastic waste, followed by Nigeria, Indonesia and China.
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‘Deafening silence of information’: Brunswick Landing businesses feel impact of foam spill
Some Brunswick Landing businesses had to step into community leadership roles and answer public health and safety questions after information of last week’s chemical spill was slow to come.
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Maine hospitals launch green initiatives to offset high energy use
The changes at Northern Light Health and MaineHealth include discontinuing certain anesthetic gases and pivoting to renewable heating sources.
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‘Our worst nightmare’: Brunswick officials grapple with hazardous chemical spill
Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant says that the cleanup of a firefighting foam spill is in motion, while council members, civilian groups and residents alike express concerns about contamination.