Scientists study sparrow subspecies for clues to their adaptations to marine environments.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Arundel farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Fred and Laura Stone’s dairy farm has been shut down because of contamination from PFAS they say got into their water, soil and cows’ milk from municipal sludge used as fertilizer.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants
The administration’s proposed plan eliminates the nationwide effort to reduce the energy sector’s carbon footprint.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
Monarchs caught up in rewrite of endangered species rule
One of the changes the Trump administration wants to make is to reserve the option to estimate and publicize the financial cost of saving a species in advance of any decision on whether to do so.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News, Politics
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
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Portland grants Cushing Island group first waiver from new pesticide ban
Seasonal residents of the private island in Casco Bay had requested permission to selectively use the chemical Roundup to try to control invasive plants.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Hit the road: State, other groups working to protect central Maine’s wildlife on the highway
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is partnering with University of California-Davis and Maine Audubon to identify hot spots and prevent animals from being killed by traffic.
Posted inNation & World
Trump promotes his environmental record despite sweeping rollbacks
Former government regulators and environmental advocates say the president’s arguments strain credulity, coming from an administration that has moved to weaken several landmark U.S. protections for air and water.
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State says Maine milk passes tests for ‘forever chemicals’
But health advocates call for more testing for PFAS contamination on farms that fertilize with treated sludge.
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Six years after St. Croix River reopened to herring, a record run
Lawmakers had ordered fishways shut to the keystone food fish in 1995, causing their population to collapse.