Over the past week, even amid the rains that have seemed constant punctuation this summer, work began on the first project in the projected 10-year effort to upgrade Mere/Mare Brook from its current “urban-impaired” state. On Sept. 1, a newly completed footbridge carried its first walkers over the stream. Part of the effort to help […]
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After court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections
The U.S. Supreme Court boosted property rights over concerns about clean water in a May ruling in favor of an Idaho couple who sought to build a house near a lake.
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Intertidal: World Oceans Day promotes appreciation, awareness and advocacy
Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern. If you haven’t studied your geography lately, those are the world’s five oceans. And today is the day that people both along the edges of all of those oceans as well as those further inland are celebrating all five of the world’s oceans. Today, June 8, is the 31st […]
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Your Land: The rooted and the running (off)
Each spring, I wait for the emergence of our native orchid, the lady’s-slipper. (Maine’s slippers come in four varieties, the most common of which is the pink lady’s-slipper.) In particular, I watch a nearby spot of leafy duff a few feet from a usual oak, and each year (so far), last fall’s leaves get elbowed […]
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Intertidal: Sounds of water can direct, inform, as well as comfort
This weekend’s warm weather enticed many people to head to the coast — some to dip toes in the water or even get in it, some to get out on it in something that floats and others to just enjoy being by its edge. Something I noticed in one of the quieter moments of a […]
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Residents near Cutler Navy base struggle with ‘forever chemicals’ in water
Many living near the base are receiving bottled water from the government.
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Intertidal: Fresh-water runoff can have unintended effects on coastal waters
With rivers and ponds overflowing, the amount of freshwater input we have received over the last week is glaringly obvious in the shiny surface of water that seems to be everywhere. And while the rain made the weather feel pretty dreary, all that fresh water is a welcome gift to those along the coast with […]
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Judge blocks rules intended to protect nation’s waterways
The injunction applies to 24 states that filed a lawsuit. Maine is not among them, but New Hampshire is.
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U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River
One proposal would force proportional cuts if water levels at Lake Mead fall below a certain level.
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Congress approves measure to toss Biden’s water protections
A presidential veto is likely, as Republicans targeted the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, labeling it an environmental overreach that harms business.