The new conditions, which would require legislative approval, would double the number of test borings required to prove the area is safe for open-air mining and cut the maximum size of the pit in half.
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Lawmakers want to rewrite timeline for Maine’s PFAS product sales ban
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee votes 6-5 to push back the state’s ban on the sale of most products that contain forever chemicals to 2032, 2 years later than the current deadline.
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Activists say Maine public workers’ retirement system is failing to divest from fossil fuels
But the officials who decide how to invest the retirement funds of Maine’s government employees said fully divesting from fossil fuel companies would violate their constitutional duty.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Nikki Haley urges Maine voters to choose ‘a new-generation leader’ over ‘two 80-year-old candidates’
The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador made a campaign stop in Portland on Sunday night ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries.
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Proposed lithium mine in western Maine clears key hurdle
New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at Plumbago Mountain in Newry.
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Maine House approves food waste recycling mandate
The bill would require some large producers of food waste to find beneficial uses rather than put it into the waste stream.
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Collins, King optimistic Senate will pass border deal over Trump opposition
Sen. Susan Collins believes the pressure to reach an agreement is going to be greater than the former president’s effort to derail a deal so he can campaign on immigration.
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Opinion: It’s time to fix Washington
We need wholesale change in Congress and constitutional reforms to really create a government representative of and responsive to its citizenry.
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Jim Fossel: Legislature must restore integrity of second session
For years, the second session has been abused by politicians in Augusta. Enough.
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Waterville mayoral candidates take on homelessness, taxes in debate
The debate involving Michael J. Morris and Matthew S. Boulerice was held Thursday night at Ayotte Auditorium at Thomas College.