environment
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019
Nearly 22 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year
Plastic debris makes up about 80 percent of the litter on the shorelines of the lakes, the planet's largest system of freshwater.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2019
Portland schools benefit from Maine Audubon grants
The goal is to encourage students to take direct action, while enriching their learning experience.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2019
Commentary: Carmakers are smart to ignore Trump’s rollback of fuel-economy standards
The clean-car standard is one of the most important federal environmental and public health policies.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Trump skips G-7 meeting on climate change, Amazon fires
The president left an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2019
Another View: Feds lack credibility for changes to Endangered Species Act
It's valid to question the motives of an Interior Department that's facing ethical questions, is led by a former oil lobbyist and is politicizing public disclosure.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Birding: Is it convergence or one big, happy family?
Scientists study sparrow subspecies for clues to their adaptations to marine environments.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2019
Arundel farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Fred and Laura Stone's dairy farm has been shut down because of contamination from PFAS they say got into their water, soil and cows' milk from municipal sludge used as fertilizer.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants
The administration's proposed plan eliminates the nationwide effort to reduce the energy sector's carbon footprint.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Monarchs caught up in rewrite of endangered species rule
One of the changes the Trump administration wants to make is to reserve the option to estimate and publicize the financial cost of saving a species in advance of any decision on whether to do so.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2019
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
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