The New Gloucester facility will focus on creating a skilled workforce for careers that are expected to be plentiful in the next few decades, such as solar technicians.
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Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state’s recycling system.
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Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation’s strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
Posted inMaine
Up, up and no way: Maine law bans release of latex balloons
Legislators back ban on release of latex balloons in Maine in bid to protect wildlife and prevent litter.
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Face Time: Andrew Sharp, Bradbury Mountain’s spring hawk watcher
Fresh out of graduate school with a master’s degree in ecology from Utah State University, Andrew Sharp was figuring out his next steps when he found a job as Bradbury Mountain’s official hawk watcher for the 2021 migration season this past spring. The Chesterfield, Virginia, native just wrapped up a three-month, six-days-a-week stint perched atop […]
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Conservation groups set to sue major hydro plant owner over Kennebec dam operations
Four groups say Brookfield Renewable is killing salmon in violation of the Endangered Species Act, intensifying the battle over fish access to the Kennebec and Sandy rivers.
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
He’s been asking Walmart to pick up its trash for 3 years. But when he did it himself, Walmart called the police.
Tony Bennett said he’s asked managers for three years to clean up garbage to keep it out of the Androscoggin River.
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Upstream towns worry they’ll pay the price for a cleaner Androscoggin River
Rumford and other towns urge more testing, better communication before plunging ahead with controversial upgrade for river’s water quality.
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EPA revokes Trump-era policy that weakened clean-air rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants.
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Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.