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U.S. Senate Vote Imminent on Deadly and Destructive Overweight Truck Exemption
- Reuters (new window)
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2009-09-11 |
| Public health and safety groups warn of increased deaths and injuries, medical costs, road and bridge damage, and domino effect throughout Northeast USA if big rig provision passes. | |
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Environmental Coalition Praises Maine Lawmakers
- Maine Environmental News (new window)
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2009-07-06 |
| Maine lawmakers received high praise today from over two dozen of the state’s leading environmental organizations. The Environmental Priorities Coalition thanked the 124th Legislature for their vision and leadership in protecting Maine’s environment by passing six priority bills and not allowing any weakening of existing environmental standards. | |
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Hazardous waste cleanup program must be funded
- Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
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2006-09-19 |
| Several years ago, the Wolman Steel site in Waterville -- an abandoned industrial facility which turned out to be home to hazardous waste that threatened public health -- couldn't be cleaned up because there was no one to foot the $1.35 million cleanup bill. | |
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Hearing stirs barely a flutter on new moth law
- Times Record
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2006-07-24 |
| FREEPORT - State officials netted a sparse crowd at a Friday morning meeting to gather public input about current rules for spraying to control browntail moths. | |
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Throwaway Fish
- Bangor Daily News
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2006-07-18 |
| Despite positive descriptions from federal regulators, many fish stocks in New England continue to be overharvested and, worse, many of the fish caught off the region's coast are simply thrown away because they are not commercially valuable. | |
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Senate fight threatens chemical watchdog bill
- Portland Press Herald
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2006-07-05 |
| WASHINGTON — Legislation requiring chemical plants to develop better security plans has bogged down in the Senate because of a dispute about whether the federal government will force companies to switch to less toxic compounds. | |
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Environmentalists, berry growers debate aerial pesticide spray ban
- Bangor Daily News
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2006-03-31 |
| BANGOR - Environmentalists squared off against some of the state's largest blueberry growers Thursday over whether the Board of Pesticides Control should ban aerial spraying and prohibit the use of some particularly powerful pesticides. | |
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Sides drawn over bill to enlarge pesticides board
- Sun Journal
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2006-01-24 |
| AUGUSTA (AP) - Testimony drifted into the realm of bedbugs, cockroaches and ants Monday as a legislative committee took up a bill to enlarge the state's Board of Pesticides Control, a proposal that has put applicators at odds with environmentalists. | |
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Sides drawn over bill to enlarge pesticides board
- Boston.com
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2006-01-23 |
| AUGUSTA, Maine --Testimony drifted into the realm of bedbugs, cockroaches and ants Monday as a legislative committee took up a bill to enlarge the state's Board of Pesticides Control, a proposal that has put applicators at odds with environmentalists. | |
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EPA seeks to ease reporting on toxins
- Sun Journal
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2006-01-13 |
| From paper mills to the military, 113 facilities in Maine would be allowed to release 10 times more toxic material into the environment without reporting the releases, under a Bush administration proposal. | |
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Pollution Watch: Dredging the DEP
- Portland Phoenix
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2006-01-06 |
| Some of Maine’s environmental activists hope the recent resignation of beleaguered Department of Environmental Protection commissioner Dawn Gallagher will mean the DEP will stand up more to industry polluters. | |
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