environment
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2020
Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe
Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2020
Maine Voices: A Mainer fought for the Casco Bay, Presumpscot River we enjoy today
Sen. Edmund Muskie mustered the support of enough colleagues to override President Nixon’s veto of the Clean Water Act, and his work continues.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2020
Trump spurns science on climate as he and Biden face off over wildfires
The president suggests that the planet is going to start to unexpectedly cool, which experts say is at odds with reality.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Pope: Use pandemic to give environment vital ‘rest’
He also calls for the cancellation of debt from the most vulnerable countries.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era rule aimed at limiting toxic wastewater from coal plants
Power plants represent the largest industrial source of toxic wastewater pollution in the country.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2020
Key air monitors offline after Laura hit Louisiana gas hub
With dozen of industrial sites, the state is home to areas with some of the nation's highest cancer risks.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2020
Green Plate Special: Eating is an educational act
Two local schools teach students about the intersection of ecology, food and social principles. The concept is called agroecology.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Lobster and industrial cleanups on menu during EPA official’s visit
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated "brownfield" sites and lobster businesses.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Lobstermen catch break on diesel engine standards
U.S. lobster fishery is exempt from new standards until cleaner-running lobster boat engines are available on the commercial market.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May
Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.
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