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 […]
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Reading the smoke signals: Concerns about wood-stove smoke prompt state review
For two years, the state has kept filters from a Greenville air-quality project — a project that tried to analyze wood-smoke pollutants in the air — nestled in a freezer. Soon, it will finally send those samples off to a lab. Next winter, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to replicate the Greenville study […]
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Water pollution is main concern for Hartford committee
HARTFORD — When the Road Committee discusses the upcoming project on Gurney Hill Road and other projects, their main concern is to assure that there will be no water or wetland pollution. Road Committee Chairman Harley Swanson said that he, Selectman Jack Plumley and Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson met at Gurney Hill Road and formed an informal […]
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Federal EPA supports Maine’s bid to change air pollution regulation
LEWISTON — A proposal by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection seeking to exempt industry from a state air-pollution regulation has the support of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. And, despite the concerns being raised by environmental advocates, the change would not mean industries in Maine would be allowed to pollute more, said Dave Conroy, […]
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Groups begin campaign about threats to Maine lobsters
PORTLAND (AP) — A coalition of diverse groups is launching a campaign to raise public awareness about pollution they say is threatening Maine’s lobster population. The Maine Lobster Council, Ready Seafood Co., the Maine Restaurant Association, the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and the Natural Resources Council of Maine are holding a press conference […]