The environmental permit is one of the last major regulatory hurdles for the $1 billion project.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Portland-area land trusts working together to expand open space
We need you to connect with and support us as we provide the escape in nature that so many have enjoyed in recent weeks.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland lands environmental grant to assess Bayside, East Bayside properties
The $250,000 grant was among four announced Thursday through the EPA’s program to clean up and redevelop contaminated ‘Brownfields’ sites.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lobstering group wants to raise $500,000 for legal defense fund
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is fighting a federal court ruling on right whales that could cripple the fishery.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: The plight of the bumblebee (and other pollinators)
Bees, both native and not, face an array of threats. Here’s how you can help in your own backyard.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
State, lobstermen scramble to respond to judge’s right-whale ruling
The state’s marine resources chief says ‘this could not have come at a worse time,’ but notes that the court has yet to hear the fishery’s legal arguments.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Regulators fell short on protecting right whales from lobster industry, judge rules
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg determines that the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Endangered Species Act by downplaying the lobster industry’s impact on the endangered whales.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Economy will come back when COVID crisis passes – but emissions don’t have to
Let’s help put Maine back to work by investing in an infrastructure that is cleaner and more resilient yet has a lower operating cost.
Posted inBusiness, Food, News
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