Once considered only for their industrial uses, the waterways are now seen as community assets for other reasons.
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Oregon’s Republican state senators end walkout over carbon emissions bill
The nine minority lawmakers return after the Senate president says Democrats lacked the votes needed to pass legislation.
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State says Maine milk passes tests for ‘forever chemicals’
But health advocates call for more testing for PFAS contamination on farms that fertilize with treated sludge.
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Six years after St. Croix River reopened to herring, a record run
Lawmakers had ordered fishways shut to the keystone food fish in 1995, causing their population to collapse.
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Birding: This week, we look at another flying object – the bumblebee
Like some birds, bumblebees live in colonies. Unlike these birds, the bees are all related, but not all reproduce.
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Winners and losers of the 2019 legislative session
Democrats used their legislative majority and control of the Blaine House to push through many bills in health care, education and the environment, but some measures still fell by the wayside.
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Maine lobbyists still looking for Republican co-sponsors on climate change act
The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019 has just one Republican co-sponsor, while 47 Democrats have signed on.
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Commentary: Maine wilderness can help save us from climate, extinction crises
If we choose to protect them, old, wild forests are capable of storing carbon and preserving the habitat of a variety of species.
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U.S. air quality slipping after years of improvement
Some 532 metro areas reported a total of 4,134 days last year when the air quality index passed 100, a level that is unhealthy for people with heart and lung disease, the elderly and the very young.
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Mills signs bill requiring state to alert communities to federal air quality violations
The new law comes after South Portland residents complained they were not notified of air quality violations from a petroleum tank farm along the Fore River.