Quick-hitting storms do little to change conditions on the ground, and more heat is in the forecast.
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Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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FocusMaine appoints biotech advocacy leader as new president
The industry-funded workforce development group has chosen Dana O’Brien, a longtime biotech advocate, who will start June 15.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
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Maine lawmakers approve ban on pesticides containing PFAS by 2030
The legislation, which has divided the state’s farming community, was passed by the Senate on Monday after gaining approval in the House last week.
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Bill to ban sludge recycling and spreading divides farmers
While some farmers support a ban on sludge spreading to protect Maine farms from forever chemicals, a group that includes farmers and wastewater treatment operators want a ‘science based approach’ to monitoring PFAS levels to avoid increased fertilizer and sewer costs.
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Lawmakers consider $100 million relief fund for farmers with contaminated land
The fund would reimburse farmers whose water or fields are contaminated by PFAS for testing and clean up, lost crops and herds, farm transitions or buyouts, and long-term health monitoring.
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Relief fund created to help Maine farmers deal with forever chemicals
Maine Farmland Trust and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association have raised $255,000 to create a short-term financial safety net for those affected by PFAS.
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Farmers urge passage of bill to stop agricultural use of PFAS-laden sludge
One says at a news conference Wednesday that his family is ‘teetering on the edge of losing everything’ because of PFAS contamination.
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Rep. Pingree’s bill aims to help Maine hemp growers
Maine’s struggling hemp industry would benefit from relaxed rules on potency limits.