It has little authority on safety and a shrinking spill-cleanup fund amid soaring oil shipments.
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Maine’s capacity to handle oil industry in question following disaster in Quebec
In light of the derailment of a train carrying oil through Quebec that destroyed part of a town and may have killed 60 people, state officials are looking at whether Maine is equipped to handle current oil industry shipping traffic or a disaster like the one in Lac-Megantic.
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Propane suspected in Canada explosions
Evidence mounts that the runaway train slammed into other railroad cars carrying liquid propane.
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Three companies bid for Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry
Prospects for a new ferry service starting next summer between Portland and Nova Scotia, Canada got a lot better this week.
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Amtrak facility foes get Angus King boost
The Brunswick group opposing a proposed layover facility for the Downeaster sees hope in the senator’s letter.
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Canada optimistic Gulf of Maine ferry service will resume
Eager to re-establish a tourism link to New England, Nova Scotia officials expect fresh proposals by Thursday. Will Portland be their U.S. destination?
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Michaud gets $300,000 for gubernatorial campaign
The amount of the haul shows Democrats are fired up for his Blaine House run, a USM professor says.
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Why Gettysburg’s called a ‘Maine battlefield’
For three days in July, 150 years ago, the course of this nation’s history took a dramatic turn in a Pennsylvania town, and Mainers by the hundreds did their part to see the Union preserved.
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Senate overrides LePage’s energy bill veto
But the unanimous vote for the sweeping bipartisan legislation comes with a price.
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Two benches, $42,500? Portland sits this one out
A three-year-old plan to install artist-designed benches on the city’s Bayside Trail has been halted because the price ultimately was too high.