Supporting native insects is another important consideration.
water pollution
Posted inNation & World, News
EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes
The regulations protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters
Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically
The river is the cleanest it’s been in more than a century.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: ‘Ghost’ gear haunts Maine waters, threatening wildlife
A diver’s discoveries shed light on an intensifying marine menace: Discarded fishing lines and nets, broken buoys and traps.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Communities across Maine secure $24.2 million to address contaminated sites
The funding is part of the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021 that identifies money to address infrastructure needs across the United States.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Ship’s anchor may have caused California oil spill
One environmental group decried a lack of initial coordination among the Coast Guard and local officials in dealing with the spreading oil slick.
Posted inNation & World
Turkey launches effort to vacuum up thick layer of ‘sea snot’ choking its coast
Scientists say that untreated sewage, agricultural runoff and other pollution are responsible for the phenomenon, but that warming water temperatures caused by climate change appear to be making it even worse.
Posted inLocal & State
Chemical site cleanup on Maine river to cost more than $180 million
The settlement concerns the site of the HoltraChem Manufacturing plant on the Penobscot River that has been the subject of legal conflicts for more than 2 decades.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Landscape your lakefront house like the lake’s life depends on it. In fact, it does
When it rains, pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants wash off the lawn directly into the lake. Employ these landscaping strategies to help keep the lake clear, clean and hospitable to fish.