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Published
October 23, 2023

A key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says

A new study says no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an unavoidable melt.
Published
October 19, 2023

Climate demonstrator outside L.L. Bean gets surprise visit from CEO

Freeport resident and retired schoolteacher William Rixon has been demonstrating outside L.L. Bean since the beginning of September. This week, he got a response.
Published
October 10, 2023

UMaine developing interactive tool to track PFAS nationwide

A university team is creating a tracker that strives to connect state and federal testing data back to the likely source of contamination, note the potential impacts on food and water supplies and map out how PFAS travels through the environment.
Published
October 6, 2023

Gulf of Maine logged its 8th-hottest summer on record this year

But conditions in the gulf this summer were unusually cool when compared to recent years, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute said.
Published
October 6, 2023

Contaminated farm in Unity to become PFAS research site

Songbird Farm is one of a growing number of farms found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals from sludge fertilizer spread on fields, once a common, state-sanctioned practice.

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Published
October 4, 2023

Climate demonstrators call for L.L. Bean to discourage fossil fuel investment

Demonstrators have been stationed outside the Freeport flagship retail store for weeks, calling for the company to discourage Citibank from investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure or to divest entirely.
Published
September 3, 2023

Maine forestry companies granted state funds despite environmental violations

ND Paper Inc. and T&D Wood Energy LLC, announced in December as recipients for hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grant money, have been cited multiple times over the past several years.
Published
August 30, 2023

Maine Voices: Calling out activism’s free pass for Russia and China

Demanding an end to war and planetary harm without uniformly protesting all participants is just playing the part of yet another antagonist.
Published
August 24, 2023

Grants for Kennebago preservation project on hold over lack of public access

The Rangeley Heritage Land Trust will have two years to secure deeded public access or it will lose $1.7 million to protect thousands of acres along the Kennebago River.
Published
August 21, 2023

Maine supporters of a right to a clean environment encouraged by Montana ruling

Efforts to add the Pine Tree Amendment to the Maine Constitution are now being led by youth groups.