water pollution
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Survey identifies 237 sites where pollution affected water quality of Belgrade-area Great Pond
7 Lakes Alliance and the Belgrade Lakes Association updated the Great Pond watershed community about efforts to improve water quality in Great Pond.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2020
Another View: Trump EPA deals another blow to the environment
Its latest effort to prop up the coal industry will put human health at risk.
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PublishedJune 14, 2020
From national parks to the deep sea, plastic pollution is showing up wherever scientists look
The discovery of airborne plastic dusting cities and agricultural areas as well as more-remote locations have alarmed the research community that studies such contamination.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
‘If you can reach it, people have tried to manipulate it.’
So says a fisheries expert about the many dramatic changes in Maine's fisheries over two centuries.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2020
Green Plate Special: The fate of wild salmon may point to the fate of the planet
And if history is any guide, we should be worried, writer Mark Kurlansky argued on a recent visit to Maine to promote his new book.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2020
New Hampshire bay communities express doubts about EPA cleanup plan
Officials from communities around one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast are expressing concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a federal plan to reduce nitrogen in the watershed.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Environmental regulators say Lewiston scrap metal firm violated clean water laws
Grimmel Industries and two related companies in Oakland and Topsham must pay a $250,000 fine to the EPA and end pollution practices.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2020
Rep. Gramlich: Access to well water testing is a public health necessity
Infants and children are most vulnerable to the harmful effects of prolonged exposure.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Committee endorses 40% fee increase on wastewater discharge permits
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said the fee increase is necessary to prevent a looming shortfall in the program that enforces state and federal water quality laws.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
South Portland’s goal of limiting fertilizer use still ‘a work in progress’
A special committee is looking at how best to prevent excess nitrogen in local waterways.