Environmentalists hail plan to allocate $18 million in additional funds to boost water quality projects for Maine’s lakes
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Ban on pesticides with PFAS feeds concern about unintended impacts
Some Maine farmers, including some of its 300 certified organic farmers, worry they soon won’t be able to defend their crops from pests, said Julie Ann Smith of the Maine Farm Bureau.
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Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Maine leaders call for new federal clean car standards
The diverse group wants the Biden administration and EPA to mandate higher gas mileage vehicles in a new round of clean car standards for new vehicles made after 2027 through 2035 to protect Maine’s economy, health and environment.
Posted inTimes Record
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay hosts speaker series
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s (FOMB) second presentation of its 26th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Shimmering Shad and Splashing Sturgeon!” features Renske Kirkhofs, an international Bowdoin College student, and John Lichter, Bowdoin College biology and environmental studies emeritus professor. FOMB’s Winter Speaker Series presentations are again being held via Zoom and are accessible via hyperlink at […]
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state’s role as a leader in fighting climate change.
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: Maine forests and farms store carbon
Ninety percent of Maine is forested land, which makes us the state with the largest carbon-storage service in New England. One important strategy in reducing the effects of climate warming is to store carbon in soils, trees and perennial agricultural crops. Maine already stores about 60% of the carbon it emits in our young forests. […]
Posted inTimes Record
Maine schools got funding boost for outdoor learning projects
Maine Environmental Education Association donated $200,000 in the 2021-2022 school year to 160 public schools in Maine, including Bath Middle School.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: What will Maine’s forests look like in 100 years?
Biologist Amanda Devine says we’ve already lost the battle to many aggressive invasives, which she described as the second-largest threat to global biodiversity. (The largest threat? Human disruptions.)
Posted inLocal & State, News
Local surf spot under threat from climate change, national group says
But local surfers say other human threats, like overcrowding and lack of beach access, pose bigger threat to Higgins Beach in Scarborough.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine’s landmark recycling reform law will take years to implement
It could take 4 years for the state to craft detailed regulations that make big corporations shoulder the local cost of disposing of hard-to-recycle packaging they produce.