Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
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Trump spurns science on climate as he and Biden face off over wildfires
The president suggests that the planet is going to start to unexpectedly cool, which experts say is at odds with reality.
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Pope: Use pandemic to give environment vital ‘rest’
He also calls for the cancellation of debt from the most vulnerable countries.
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Key air monitors offline after Laura hit Louisiana gas hub
With dozen of industrial sites, the state is home to areas with some of the nation’s highest cancer risks.
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Lobster and industrial cleanups on menu during EPA official’s visit
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.
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Lobstermen catch break on diesel engine standards
U.S. lobster fishery is exempt from new standards until cleaner-running lobster boat engines are available on the commercial market.
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Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May
Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.
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Trump administration approves drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Environmental groups immediately assailed opening the refuge and promised litigation.
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Supreme court rules CMP corridor referendum unconstitutional
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court finds that the initiative to reverse a decision by the Public Utilities Commission ‘exceeds the scope of the people’s legislative power.’
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Regulators begin reviewing plan for metal mine in northern Maine
Wolfden Resources’ proposal for a mine just south of Patten will likely be the first test of a state law that opened the door for metal mining in the state.