The river is the cleanest it’s been in more than a century.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
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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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
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.
Posted inNation & World
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Chemical site cleanup on Maine river to cost more than $180 million
The settlement concerns the site of the HoltraChem Manufacturing plant on the Penobscot River that has been the subject of legal conflicts for more than 2 decades.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Landscape your lakefront house like the lake’s life depends on it. In fact, it does
When it rains, pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants wash off the lawn directly into the lake. Employ these landscaping strategies to help keep the lake clear, clean and hospitable to fish.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Public health group, Maine lawmakers call for sweeping response to ‘forever chemicals’
Defend Our Health, a Portland-based nonprofit group, has worked with two state representatives to introduce seven bills aimed at cleaning up and regulating “forever chemicals” in food, farmland, drinking water and household products.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Survey identifies 237 sites where pollution affected water quality of Belgrade-area Great Pond
7 Lakes Alliance and the Belgrade Lakes Association updated the Great Pond watershed community about efforts to improve water quality in Great Pond.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Watershed project moves ahead at Unity Pond
Groups looking to address algae problems at Unity Pond, also known as Lake Winnecook, have secured a grant to conduct a study and hire a manager for a project that could eventually cost millions of dollars.