GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide

Owners of the vehicles do not need to take any action.

State expects to reach 2045 carbon neutrality goal ahead of time

Maine has met the first of its four climate goals by reducing gross greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 1990 levels, well ahead of its 10% goal by 2020, but it has a long way to go to meet a 45% cut by 2030.

Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the new rules are targeting pollution that's 'pushing our planet to the brink.'

Volkswagen pleads guilty in US diesel emissions scandal

EPA accuses Fiat Chrysler of using software to cheat emissions tests

VW admits emissions cheating and cover-up, will pay U.S. $4.3 billion

Farmington planners to visit UMF heating plant site

EPA proposal would cut Maine power plant emissions by 13.5 percent

Supreme Court upholds EPA effort to limit air pollution drifting east

Environmentalists decry proposal to loosen smog rules; paper mill officials say change will spur job creation