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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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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Androscoggin County receives $330,000 from EPA for cleanup grants
Past grants from the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments have paid for environmental cleanup at Sophia's House and Gauvreau Place in Lewiston.
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PublishedMay 12, 2021
U.S. has entered unprecedented climate territory, EPA warns
The agency releases a disturbing account of the startling changes that Earth's warming had on parts of the United States during President Donald Trump's term.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
EPA dismisses dozens of key science advisers appointed by Trump
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said the move will help restore the role of science at the agency and reduce the influence of industry over environmental regulations.
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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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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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PublishedMay 7, 2020
Lewiston, Auburn, Rumford sites may receive EPA cleanup funding
The locations include a housing project in downtown Lewiston, the former St. Louis Church in Auburn, and the former Holy Savior School in Rumford.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2020
Ecomaine’s waste hauling trucks will soon be powered by trash
The company responsible for converting Maine's trash to electricity is replacing its diesel-powered waste hauling trucks with electric vehicles.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
House passes bill to force federal action on ‘forever chemicals’ with Pingree, Golden amendments
The bill would force the EPA to develop health standards for the substances and would add PFAS to the list of chemicals in the agency's ‘Safer Choice’ labels program.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
Judge approves settlement in EPA lawsuit over Global oil tanks in South Portland
U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby says the public's objections to the settlement may be valid, but they weren't enough to make him reject the deal.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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