Legislators should follow the latest research, which shows the industrial chemicals may be unsafe at very low levels.
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 ‘cardinals’ who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
North Carolina regulator Michael Regan is Biden’s choice for EPA administrator
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion, Uncategorized
Another View: Trump EPA deals another blow to the environment
Its latest effort to prop up the coal industry will put human health at risk.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lobster and industrial cleanups on menu during EPA official’s visit
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Integrated pest management uses science to protect crops, lands
Invasives can be managed in a way that benefits Maine’s environment and saves forests, gardens and green spaces for future generations.
Posted inNation & World
Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects
The president aims to make it easier to build highways, pipelines, chemical and solar plants and other projects.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine senators must reject Trump consumer safety nominee
Confirming Nancy Beck would leave us all – especially firefighters and children – in danger of exposure to dangerous chemicals in our products.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Millett: Pandemic no time to roll back air, water protections
The work we’ve done to protect Maine can be undone and the lives of people trying to recover from a respiratory illness put at risk.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland lands environmental grant to assess Bayside, East Bayside properties
The $250,000 grant was among four announced Thursday through the EPA’s program to clean up and redevelop contaminated ‘Brownfields’ sites.