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Interactive map: Drought persists across much of New England
Despite higher-than-average rainfall in October, drought conditions are persistent across most of the region.
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In post-fact society, emotions and ideology increasingly squelch scientific evidence
The candidates in next week’s election offer stark differences on turning back climate change.
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The value of rockweed is rising – as are tensions over its ownership
Concerns over the ecological consequences of cutting the commonplace seaweed have led to a lawsuit.
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Interactive map: as rainfall lags, watch drought spread across New England
Drought conditions have steadily intensified and spread across New England over the course of an unusually dry summer.
Posted inMaine Gardener, Source
New nonprofit urges Mainers to plant wild native seeds
The 2-year-old Wild Seed Project says native animals depend on native plants.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Moratorium sought on supertankers carrying ‘tar sands’ oil in U.S. waters
TransCanada’s plan to pipe the heavy crude to Saint John for shipping down the East Coast raises spill concerns in Maine and elsewhere.
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Anne D. Burt relishing role as climate change activist
At 71, she has spent many years passionately advocating for social, economic and environmental justice.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: LePage support of Mainers’ well-being is too limited
It’s heartening to know that our governor listens to people about things that could possibly affect our health and well-being. It would be more reassuring if the list went beyond Ralph Stevens, the retired mechanic who earned an executive order from Gov. LePage to study ethanol as a driver of the opioid crisis. The prospect […]
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Letter to the editor: For fragile shore and more, let’s end fireworks displays
Fireworks on our exquisite beach Monday night gave powerful concussive assaults for what seemed to be a very long show. Tuesday at 6 a.m., the smell of gunpowder lingered, but from a distance the beach appeared clean. As I neared the waterline, though, there were hundreds of tubes and “plugs” left there earlier by the […]