Environmental health
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PublishedAugust 4, 2023
Billions for clean energy caught in a partisan tug of war
While Republicans want to rescind large portions of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the EPA is working to enlist organizations to put the money into action.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2023
Brazilian petrochemical company settles with city where mining destroyed entire neighborhoods
Braskem is one of the biggest petrochemical companies in the Americas, owned primarily by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras and construction giant Novonor, formerly known as Odebrecht.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2023
As browntail moths emerge, Waterville launches experiment to limit exposure
City Councilor Thomas Klepach helps the city mitigate the effects of the browntail moth and is heading up tests at four city parks.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Earth is ‘really quite sick’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
It’s not a terminal diagnosis. The planet can recover if it changes, including its use of coal, oil, and natural gas and the way it treats the land and water, scientists said.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution
The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2022
EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes
The regulations protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Even trace amounts of PFAS chemicals pose health risk, new federal advisory says
Under the new guidance, Maine's PFAS problem would challenge public water districts that serve hundreds of thousands of customers, not just rural residents and farmers who rely on well water.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
Maine Voices: Climate agency and urgency – surrender is not an option
Acts such as recycling and conserving energy are only the first steps to bigger solutions that involve collaboration and building on power in numbers.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Senate approves bill to give the Passamaquoddy Tribe authority over water on its own lands
But the bill granting the tribe the right to regulate its own drinking water supplies would have to pick up at least one more vote to override a possible veto from Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report shows
Whether humanity can change course after decades of inaction is largely a question of collective resolve, according to the latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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