LEWISTON — Environmentalists plan to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with a news conference Tuesday on the banks of the Androscoggin River. The law, pushed by former U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, was inspired in part by the staggering amount of pollution in the river. The Natural Resources Council of […]
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How the opioid crisis has created a pollution problem
In this Wednesday June 7, 2017 photo, activist Rocky Morrison, of the “Clean River Project”, holds up a fish bowl filled with hypodermic needles, that were recovered during 2016, on the Merrimack River next to their facility in Methuen, Mass. Morrison leads a cleanup effort along the Merrimack River, which winds through the old milling […]
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Mainers have a right to clean air
All people deserve a chance to live a long and healthy life. That is why it is so outrageous that President Donald Trump is gutting the Environmental Protection Agency and important policies that keep our air clean. Although our air is cleaner than it was 30 years ago because environmental and public health legislation has […]
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Maine’s congressional delegation opposes repeal of coal rule
When Congress voted this week to wipe out a new federal regulation making it harder to dump coal-mining debris into nearby streams, all of Maine’s congressional representatives opposed the move. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican from Maine’s 2nd District, said the rule adopted during the last days of the Obama administration “should move forward […]
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Brunswick sees financial gain in failing landfill
BRUNSWICK — In an effort to trim the budget, the Town Council has decided to allow more waste to be deposited at the town landfill. The Graham Road Landfill has a history of noncompliance with environmental regulations. Its low-tech wastewater treatment system has continuously failed to meet federal standards for ammonia discharge. On April 29, […]
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M. Michaud: More government regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency seems to find a way to cause problems for people. The EPA is pressing ahead with regulations to significantly limit the pollution from newly manufactured residential wood heaters. Our ancestors used wood all their lives to heat. It was a way of life. Pollution didn’t seem to be a problem. The […]
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Rangeley selectmen appoint assessor
RANGELEY — Selectmen appointed Rob Duplisea as town assessor on Tuesday. His one-year contract will run through June 30, 2015. Duplisea recommended lowering the town’s property tax rate from $11.70 to $11.60 per thousand dollars of valuation. After studying the tax base and available funds, selectmen voted to reduce it to $11.55. David James advocated […]
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Dog poop may be to blame for Rockland pollution
ROCKLAND (AP) — The levels of E. coli bacteria in the waters off Rockland’s Snow Marine Park are sky high and officials think dog poop is the culprit. The city’s pollution control director, Terry Pinto, said recent water quality testing by the town and the state found dangerously high levels of the E. coli bacteria […]
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LePage vetoes bill that sought greater government transparency
AUGUSTA — A bill that would have opened records on industrial hazardous waste and mercury emission control plans was vetoed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Earth Day. Under current law, the plans are protected as “trade secrets.” The bill, LD 1821, would have upheld the current requirement for government agencies to acknowledge a request […]
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NewPage mill state’s top polluter, according to 2012 data
RUMFORD — The NewPage paper mill in Rumford was the state’s largest producer of toxic waste in 2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agency’s Toxic Release Inventory analysis showed that 88 facilities in Maine released about about 11½ million pounds of toxic waste directly into the air, water and land in 2012, an […]