The Democrat’s climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.
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Posted inNation & World
Trump signs $3 billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, national parks
The law will help create more than 100,000 jobs, address the maintenance backlog and gives permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Committee endorses extending timeline for lawsuits over PFAS pollution
The bill focused on so-called “forever chemicals” would be considered by the full Legislature should it come back during a special session.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Insurers, utilities oppose bill to extend lawsuit window for PFAS contamination
But supporters say the current law falls short of protecting farmers and others harmed by the ‘forever chemicals.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
Groups pushing to extend timeline for lawsuits over PFAS chemical pollution
Tuesday’s hearing on the statute of limitations for the ‘forever chemicals’ comes four days after the state announced another PFAS hotspot on a dairy farm.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Integrated pest management uses science to protect crops, lands
Invasives can be managed in a way that benefits Maine’s environment and saves forests, gardens and green spaces for future generations.
Posted inNation & World
Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects
The president aims to make it easier to build highways, pipelines, chemical and solar plants and other projects.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Trash going back to PERC as towns seek operator for Fiberight solid waste facility
The Municipal Review Committee told member municipalities and others that 3/4 of their trash was being diverted to the Orrington waste-to-energy plant while the Fiberight plant in Hampden is shut down.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Gov. Mills asks Trump administration to reject right whale protection proposal
A petition from Pew Charitable Trusts asks for seasonal closures to protect endangered whales, but Mills said the proposal would not help whales, but would hurt Maine’s lobster fishery.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Petition seeks ropeless lobster fishing in Gulf of Maine to protect whales
The Pew Charitable Trusts wants to adopt seasonal lobster closures in the Gulf of Maine to protect the endangered right whale.