As the first staff director of the Senate Environment subcommittee, he was a key author of the 1970 Clean Air Act, one of the most influential environmental laws in U.S. history.
2016
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Waterville police announce substance abuse treatment program
The new program, dubbed Operation HOPE, will be implemented just after the new year begins.
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Kennebec Journal Nov. 16 police log
Augusta area police reports for Nov. 16, 2016.
Posted inNation & World, News
Bob Dylan says he won’t be picking up Nobel Prize in person
The Swedish Academy says the singer-songwriter told them ‘other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.’
Posted inMaine, News
Saturday fire on Ford Hill Road in Hartland started in bedroom
An overheated electrical cord left a family of three homeless, but the house was insured.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
What an iPhone could cost in Donald Trump’s America
Apple’s global supply chain depends on low trade barriers and factories nestled relatively close to one another. Trump’s tariff idea would seriously damage that business model.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares, Maine, News
Trump win sparks fear for the environment — physical and social
Liz Soares’ inner political scientist tells her that we’ve had bad presidents before, and survived.
Posted inMaine, News
USM’s 80-day fundraising effort beats goal with $1.5 million
The university had a goal of $1 million; the new funds include $600,000 earmarked for music scholarships.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Winslow woman arrested after police find her passed out in car with needle in her arm
Kathryn Hopkins, 26, was charged with two misdemeanors after police found her and her toddler in the car.
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Two arrested following Cushing man’s suspected overdose death
Karl Crute Jr. and Ranae Robbins were arrested after Christopher Delano was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose Tuesday.