Water
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PublishedJuly 25, 2022
Invasive aquatic plant identification class teaches how to recognize invader plants
Instructors told attendees that the important thing is having a "good sense of what makes a plant suspicious" rather than knowing all their names.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
EPA moves to give states, tribes more power to protect water
The Trump administration sought to streamline fossil fuel development and made it harder for local officials to block projects.
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PublishedMay 6, 2022
Our View: 11 tons per mile? Maine has to stop using so much road salt
A new report shows how the state must rethink its winter road maintenance strategy near vulnerable waterways.
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PublishedApril 28, 2022
Maine Voices: Kids deserve a government that takes action to protect their health
The testing of Maine’s schools for lead in the water started last fall, wraps up May 31 and identifies a threat for proper remediation.
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
Maine Voices: Let’s seize opportunity to boost the health of our state’s rivers
With incoming infrastructure funding, Maine should prioritize dam removals over dam repairs and technical fishways.
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PublishedApril 23, 2022
Commentary: Lead in water harms red states, too
Some 10 million lead pipes carry – and potentially contaminate – U.S. drinking water. By putting partisan politics aside, members of Congress could solve this.
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PublishedApril 15, 2022
Our View: Give Passamaquoddy Tribe control over its drinking water
Gov. Mills, who does not support the tribe’s effort in its entirety, should put her concerns aside and sign L.D. 906 into law.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Advocates rally for safe drinking water for Passamaquoddy Tribe
Proposed legislation would give the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point more control over their drinking water supply.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Supreme Court to weigh limits on reach of Clean Water Act
The new court case, to be argued in the fall, tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Commentary: The cybersecurity risk to our water supply is real. We must prepare.
An alert employee stopped an attempt to poison a water system in Florida last February, but we may not be so lucky the next time.