The clean-car standard is one of the most important federal environmental and public health policies.
environment
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump skips G-7 meeting on climate change, Amazon fires
The president left an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Feds lack credibility for changes to Endangered Species Act
It’s valid to question the motives of an Interior Department that’s facing ethical questions, is led by a former oil lobbyist and is politicizing public disclosure.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Is it convergence or one big, happy family?
Scientists study sparrow subspecies for clues to their adaptations to marine environments.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Arundel farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Fred and Laura Stone’s dairy farm has been shut down because of contamination from PFAS they say got into their water, soil and cows’ milk from municipal sludge used as fertilizer.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants
The administration’s proposed plan eliminates the nationwide effort to reduce the energy sector’s carbon footprint.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World
Monarchs caught up in rewrite of endangered species rule
One of the changes the Trump administration wants to make is to reserve the option to estimate and publicize the financial cost of saving a species in advance of any decision on whether to do so.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News, Politics
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland grants Cushing Island group first waiver from new pesticide ban
Seasonal residents of the private island in Casco Bay had requested permission to selectively use the chemical Roundup to try to control invasive plants.
Posted inNation & World
Trump promotes his environmental record despite sweeping rollbacks
Former government regulators and environmental advocates say the president’s arguments strain credulity, coming from an administration that has moved to weaken several landmark U.S. protections for air and water.