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.
PFAS
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: PFAS law will hinder Maine’s climate efforts
The current law has troubling ramifications for heat pumps. An amendment proposed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will make the law more workable.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine gets first application from a farmer who wants to sell contaminated farmland
The request was received on Monday, the first day the state began accepting applications for the $70 million Fund to Address PFAS Contamination.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Proposal would exempt agricultural pesticides from law banning forever chemicals
Proponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: The state must slow Casella’s rush to expand landfill
A hurry-up contract extension of the landfill in Old Town would serve neither the people nor the environment.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine compromise would exempt some industries from ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The chemicals, known as PFAS, are contained in a wide variety of industrial and consumer products.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Forever chemicals in landfills threaten groundwater, streams and rivers
There is no evidence the pollutant-laden wastewater that forms when rain trickles through a landfill is escaping from the holding tanks, ponds or lagoons where it is stored, but then again, no one is looking.
Posted inColumns, Op-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: Maine must continue battling PFAS
Recent attempts to roll back reporting requirements by some businesses are imperiling progress made on identifying products containing ‘forever chemicals.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Businesses seek changes in Maine’s first-in-the-nation PFAS ban
Critics of the ban say it is unworkable and could cost the state major employers if enforced as is.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Farmington-based school district moves forward on turf fundraiser
Regional School Unit 9 directors also approved a proposal by the club to give naming rights to certain facilities at Caldwell Field at Mt. Blue High School.