On Oscar weekend, Source staffers give their picks for the best films about climate change, Greenpeace and vanishing species.
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Posted inNation & World
New EPA chief delays mining site cleanup rule after industry objects
The proposed rule would require mining companies to prove they have funds for cleanups so taxpayers wouldn’t get stuck with the bills.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Aroostook County won’t necessarily strike it rich by mining
Before any permits are granted, the risks of environmental degradation must be examined.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
We must resist attempts to roll back the EPA and the laws it enforces
If you want to see how bad our environment could become, look at China, Mexico, India or Russia.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Bill seeks to require Maine schools to test for lead contamination
While schools with private wells already test for toxic heavy metal, schools served by municipal water systems are not required to test the water at the taps.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Collins says she’ll vote against confirming Scott Pruitt to head EPA
Maine’s Republican senator cites the Oklahoma attorney general’s lawsuits against the environmental agency on ‘numerous issues that are of great importance to the state of Maine.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: EPA nominee Scott Pruitt does not reflect Maine values on the environment
Sen. Susan Collins should join Sen. Angus King in pledging to reject Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine braces for possible EPA funding delays and shortfalls
Trump’s order to freeze the agency’s grants and contracts has contractors, and state and local officials, unsure when or if they will receive money for environmental work.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump acts swiftly to advance pipelines
‘From now on we are going to start making pipelines in the United States,’ the president said from the Oval Office.
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Water in Flint, Michigan, complies with lead levels
But the city is not finished replacing lead pipes.