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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Even trace amounts of PFAS chemicals pose health risk, new federal advisory says
Under the new guidance, Maine's PFAS problem would challenge public water districts that serve hundreds of thousands of customers, not just rural residents and farmers who rely on well water.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2021
Officials update Winthrop landfill monitoring standards to address arsenic build-up
The consent decree for the town's superfund landfill was amended Monday to address arsenic accumulating in sediment at Hoyt Brook.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Trail of ‘forever chemicals’ leads to Maine paper mills
The manufacturing industry, which has used PFAS for decades, faces a reckoning as the state grapples with soil and water contamination.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 'cardinals' who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
North Carolina regulator Michael Regan is Biden’s choice for EPA administrator
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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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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PublishedJuly 25, 2020
Commentary: Integrated pest management uses science to protect crops, lands
Invasives can be managed in a way that benefits Maine’s environment and saves forests, gardens and green spaces for future generations.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2020
Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects
The president aims to make it easier to build highways, pipelines, chemical and solar plants and other projects.
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PublishedJune 13, 2020
Commentary: Maine senators must reject Trump consumer safety nominee
Confirming Nancy Beck would leave us all – especially firefighters and children – in danger of exposure to dangerous chemicals in our products.
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PublishedJune 6, 2020
Sen. Millett: Pandemic no time to roll back air, water protections
The work we've done to protect Maine can be undone and the lives of people trying to recover from a respiratory illness put at risk.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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