Maine butterfly species among those experiencing fastest declines

Environment

Published
March 23, 2025

Maine butterfly species among those experiencing fastest declines

A new study compiling butterfly surveys across the country found a 22% overall decline, while seven species found in Maine declined by more than 50%.
Published
March 11, 2025

Forecast for National Weather Service in Maine still cloudy

But staff meteorologists admit the interruption of weather balloon launches will undermine the accuracy of the agency's weather modeling and forecasts.
Published
March 5, 2025

Bills to find and destroy Maine’s toxic firefighting foam win over legislative committee

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine's stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.
Published
March 5, 2025

Maine makes first purchase of farm contaminated by forever chemicals

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state's recommended level for safe dairy forage.
Published
February 28, 2025

Maine lawmaker wants state to help farmers affected by federal funding freeze

A proposed bill would create a state-funded no-interest loan program for Maine farmers whose federal contracts are frozen by the Trump administration.

Published
February 28, 2025

Maine must prepare for storms and climate change, lawmakers told

A proposal formed in the wake of last winter's back-to-back storms to help communities prepare for bad weather and climate change was presented at a legislative hearing on Thursday.
Published
February 26, 2025

Get toxic firefighting foam out of Maine, lawmakers told

Residents of Brunswick Landing, the site of Maine's worst toxic firefighting foam spill, joined environmental groups to urge lawmakers to quantify the amount of foam in Maine and fund a voluntary program to collect, store and dispose of it.
Published
February 20, 2025

UMaine Augusta students among those floating climate resiliency ideas for Casco Bay

Concepts ranging from floating communities to elevated over-water bike paths populate the final exhibition of a multi-university design studio intended to help Portland and South Portland prepare for rising sea levels, warming temperatures and increasing extreme weather.
Published
February 15, 2025

Central Maine farmers left in limbo by federal funding freeze

Despite having signed government contracts, farmers who have spent money on projects to conserve soil, water and power have been told they cannot get reimbursed until USDA programs and policies are reviewed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Published
February 10, 2025

New administration sparks uncertainty for Brunswick PFAS spill cleanup

Local officials are waiting for what comes next at the federal level while they continue to grapple with a toxic chemical spill.

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