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State's promotion of rail is on the right track
- Portland Press Herald
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9/7/2006 |
| The high price of gasoline has brought a welcome revival of interest in alternatives to the automobile. | |
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BEP OKs debris burning curbs
- Bangor Daily News
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5/5/2006 |
| The Maine Board of Environmental Protection approved tighter controls on biomass plants that burn wooden debris Thursday despite several members' reservations about the role the Legislature played in the new rules. | |
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New law puts restrictions on debris burning
- Portland Press Herald
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5/4/2006 |
| AUGUSTA — Gov. John Baldacci on Tuesday signed into law new restrictions on the burning of construction and demolition debris, which is imported into Maine by the ton and is used as a cheap biomass fuel. | |
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Gas prices are fuel for ire - Letter for the editor
- Portland Press Herald
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4/30/2006 |
| Last week, President Bush ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump ("Bush seeks probe of gasoline pricing," April 26). | |
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Court strikes down fed emissions policy
- Sun Journal
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2008-02-09 |
| Mainers, from environmentalists to members of Congress, lauded a federal appeals court decision Friday that struck down a Bush administration policy allowing some power plants to exceed mercury emission levels. The court ruled that the government failed to consider the policy's effect on public health and the environment. | |
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Crowd criticizes I-295 widening
- Portland Press Herald (new window)
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1/31/2008 |
| Most who attended a Portland meeting also want more invested in public transportation. | |
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Proposal to build Athens incinerator should go up in smoke
- Kennebec Journal
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1/19/2006 |
| The state should deny a Massachusetts company's request to build a large construction and demolition debris incinerator in Athens. | |
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