The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
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Posted inNation & World
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
Marine experts are finding plastic bags, bottle caps, rope and fishing nets in the animals’ stomachs.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: There’s still time to address pollution
Over the past several decades, pollution in the United States has increased dramatically, causing harm to the citizens of the nation and the ecosystems around us. In fact, from 2016-2018 alone, air pollution increased by nearly 6% throughout the nation. But to worsen the issue, the United States produces the largest amount of plastic pollution […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Hometown on the page
“‘Mill Town,’ by Kerri Arsenault, is about the towns of Rumford and Mexico, Maine, mostly, as well as the writer’s family. I enjoyed and understood this book very well, as I am from the same area. “The book covers a lot of territory, including the Rumford paper mill over many years, and the pollution it […]
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England, Outdoors
Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
Researchers in New Hampshire are investigating the potential link between PCBs and population declines of loons.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Corporate polluters should pay the tab for Maine’s climate damages
The time-honored way to make that happen is through the courts of our state.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
A ton of beach trash earns Portland resident sustainability award
Mary Vertz and her group Casco Bay Cleanup Project receive ecomaine’s eco-Excellence award for their successful efforts.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation’s strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Committee recommends stricter water standards for ‘forever chemicals’
The proposal would set an interim standard of 20 parts per trillion for PFAS in drinking water, in line with several other New England states and lower than the current federal health advisory level.
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