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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Wiscasset mobile home park gets a new well after seven months of ongoing water issues
Contractors began drilling a new well at Whippoorwill Hill Park on Thursday after the state pressured the property management company into resolving ongoing water shortages.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Maine Gardener: Try live staking to prevent runoff from harming lakes, ponds and streams
If you own waterfront property, consider creating a buffer zone. It'll help curb pollution.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
Maine Gardener: Preventing pollution should be top of mind when making yardscaping plans
Supporting native insects is another important consideration.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2022
EPA finalizes water rule that repeals Trump-era changes
The regulations protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters
Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically
The river is the cleanest it's been in more than a century.
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PublishedMay 29, 2022
Vegan Kitchen: ‘Ghost’ gear haunts Maine waters, threatening wildlife
A diver's discoveries shed light on an intensifying marine menace: Discarded fishing lines and nets, broken buoys and traps.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Communities across Maine secure $24.2 million to address contaminated sites
The funding is part of the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021 that identifies money to address infrastructure needs across the United States.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Ship’s anchor may have caused California oil spill
One environmental group decried a lack of initial coordination among the Coast Guard and local officials in dealing with the spreading oil slick.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
Turkey launches effort to vacuum up thick layer of ‘sea snot’ choking its coast
Scientists say that untreated sewage, agricultural runoff and other pollution are responsible for the phenomenon, but that warming water temperatures caused by climate change appear to be making it even worse.
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