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Food & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes

In the pandemic, takeout containers are everywhere

by Christine Burns Rudalevige March 21, 2021March 25, 2021

What are their impacts on the waste stream?

Local & State, News, Politics

Maine homeowners seek more time to sue over chemical contamination

by Kevin Miller March 17, 2021March 18, 2021

‘Everything has been taken away, and there’s nothing that we did,’ said one Fairfield homeowner whose land and water are contaminated by the ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS.

Business, Local & State

Quebec’s rollout of electric vehicles holds lessons for Maine

by Tux Turkel March 17, 2021March 18, 2021

In a virtual meeting Wednesday with Maine business leaders, speakers said incentives are key to boosting adoption of electric vehicles.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Proponents of climate change carbon resolution voice message at town meetings, other venues

by Amy Calder March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

Representatives of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are promoting at town meetings and municipal meetings a resolution to be sent to state and federal officeholders to support a fee on fossil fuel sales that once collected would be distributed to residents as a dividend.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Ocean preserve needs protection

by Kelly Kryc and Kelsey Lamp March 7, 2021March 8, 2021

The nation’s only undewater national monument lies 130 miles off the coast of Maine, and it’s under threat.

Local & State, News, Politics

Bill seeks to ban the use of aerial herbicides in Maine forests

by Scott Thistle March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill’s sponsor, said aerial application of glyphosate and other herbicides has caused irreversible environmental damage.