Defend Our Health, a Portland-based nonprofit group, has worked with two state representatives to introduce seven bills aimed at cleaning up and regulating “forever chemicals” in food, farmland, drinking water and household products.
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Survey identifies 237 sites where pollution affected water quality of Belgrade-area Great Pond
7 Lakes Alliance and the Belgrade Lakes Association updated the Great Pond watershed community about efforts to improve water quality in Great Pond.
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Watershed project moves ahead at Unity Pond
Groups looking to address algae problems at Unity Pond, also known as Lake Winnecook, have secured a grant to conduct a study and hire a manager for a project that could eventually cost millions of dollars.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
‘If you can reach it, people have tried to manipulate it.’
So says a fisheries expert about the many dramatic changes in Maine’s fisheries over two centuries.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: The fate of wild salmon may point to the fate of the planet
And if history is any guide, we should be worried, writer Mark Kurlansky argued on a recent visit to Maine to promote his new book.
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New Hampshire bay communities express doubts about EPA cleanup plan
Officials from communities around one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast are expressing concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a federal plan to reduce nitrogen in the watershed.
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Environmental regulators say Oakland scrap metal firm violated clean water laws
Stormwater from the Oakland facility, “flows into two streams that are tributaries to Messalonskee Stream,” regulators said.
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Maine Compass: Access to well water testing is a public health necessity
Infants and children are most vulnerable to the harmful effects of prolonged exposure.
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Committee endorses 40% fee increase on wastewater discharge permits
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said the fee increase is necessary to prevent a looming shortfall in the program that enforces state and federal water quality laws.
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Maine towns, businesses face potential 40% increase on wastewater fees
Maine environmental officials say the fee hike is needed to make up for a funding shortfall that is affecting enforcement of water quality laws.