Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Natural Resources Council of Maine CEO Lisa Pohlmann to retire
Pohlmann has been involved with the council for 22 years and is its first female chief executive.
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Posted inNation & World
U.S. officials reverse course on pesticide’s harm to wildlife
Environmentalists say the changes have few benefits and the assumption that malathion users will follow the guidelines is unrealistic.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The forest edge is a critical environmental zone, and you can enhance it
For many wild creatures, living on the edge has benefits.
Posted inLocal & State
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.
Posted inBusiness, New England, News
New Hampshire reaches $25 million deal with Monsanto over PCBs
The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs
The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court’s ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine lawmakers look to take on voracious browntail moths
New bill would fund more experts and programs to combat the invasive bug that strips trees and causes people to itch all over.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition
Opponents worried that the bill, which has huge support among Maine science teachers, would give environmental groups too much influence.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine predicts a steep price to fight forever chemicals
Soil and water testing, bottled water and filtration systems at farms, factories and landfills where PFAS chemicals have tainted the well water could cost up to $20 million a year, says DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim.