pollution
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada
Negotiators aim to conclude a treaty by the end of 2024.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2024
SEC scales back new pollution-disclosure rules for companies
Companies will have to disclose climate risks that could harm their operations or financial conditions, such as those caused by rising sea levels, hurricanes, droughts, or wildfires.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don't sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
$1.6 million on the line for Wiscasset in dispute over nuclear waste facility
A state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located. For Wiscasset, the price tag could be in the millions.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
The Recycle Bin: Tidal wave of ocean plastic
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Brunswick officials float Maquoit Bay pollution study
The Town Council established a task force to organize a water-quality study of Maquoit Bay.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Maine Voices: Mainers being wrongly blinded by the light
Let there be ... darkness.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
U.S. agency examines secret pollution source in 40 million homes: Gas stoves
According to one study, children living in a household with gas stoves have a 42% increased likelihood of already having asthma and a 24% increased risk of developing asthma at some point in their lifetime.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2022
Record greenhouse gas leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Mainers warned not to eat PFAS-contaminated freshwater fish
The advisories are based on new Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention consumption advice for different levels of PFAS, so-called 'forever chemicals.'
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