Both proposals were endorsed by Maine voters in the 2016 marijuana legalization referendum.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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Landfill operator tells lawmakers it has temporary fix to Maine’s sludge disposal crisis
Casella, the operator of the state-owned landfill that had stopped accepting biosolids from wastewater treatment, says it has found a temporary home for Maine’s sludge in New Brunswick, buying time to find a long-term solution.
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Lawmakers to hear about Maine sludge disposal crisis
The Maine DEP and the operator of the state’s largest landfill will brief state lawmakers on Maine’s sludge crisis on Wednesday.
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Sen. Collins was lone Republican to oppose confirmation of Texas judge who’ll rule on abortion pill
But her critics point out that Matthew Kacsmaryk would likely be an obscure federal judge if the justices she voted to confirm to the Supreme Court had not helped to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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No immediate solution to Maine’s sludge problem
At the Scarborough sewer plant, one of roughly 3 dozen in the state that can no longer send all of their sludge to a state-owned landfill, a truck picks up 30 tons just in time to avert a potential public health emergency.
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Baxter’s terms complicate tribes’ wish for role in Katahdin oversight
The tribes of Maine want a formal role in managing this sacred site, but strict rules on how the donated land must be governed don’t allow for the expansion of the authority board.
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Gov. Mills joins coalition of governors supporting abortion rights
Gov. Janet Mills is one of 20 Democratic governors to join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance.
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Last year was second warmest on record in Gulf of Maine
The average sea surface temperature in 2022 fell short by less than half a degree of setting a new mark for the hottest year, according to Portland-based researchers.
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Maine Republicans to Whole Foods: Blacklist lobster, lose state tax benefits
Republican lawmakers unveil a suite of bills to protect Maine’s $1.7 billion lobster industry and punish those who would threaten it.
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Lawmakers consider state buyback program for farms ruined by tainted sludge
But there is disagreement about the best way to reimburse the growing number of farmers whose livelihoods have been devastated by forever chemicals, especially those who already have been waiting years for help.