A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Potholes, road salt and climate change: Warmer Maine winters raise new concerns
Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, New England, News
New Hampshire reaches $25 million deal with Monsanto over PCBs
The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
Posted inNation & World
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
Marine experts are finding plastic bags, bottle caps, rope and fishing nets in the animals’ stomachs.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England, Outdoors
Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
Researchers in New Hampshire are investigating the potential link between PCBs and population declines of loons.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Corporate polluters should pay the tab for Maine’s climate damages
The time-honored way to make that happen is through the courts of our state.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation’s strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 parts per trillion for PFAS in drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
How to garden safely if there is lead in your soil
A project of the Cumberland Soil & Water Conservation District found high levels of lead in the soil of some Portland neighborhoods.