The update would include a method for addressing sediment contamination.
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Sen. Collins says she won’t support Trump’s EPA nominee
She expresses concerns over actions Andrew Wheeler has taken as acting administrator.
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Oppose EPA budget cuts
This Environmental Protection Agency was formulated in 1970. The purpose of the agency was, and continues to be, the protection of the public and the environment. The agency depends on scientific research, which allows monitoring of systems including water, air and standards for toxic substances. The EPA cannot carry out its mandate without adequate funding. […]
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Save the Clean Power Plan
At this moment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public comment period over its decision to repeal the lifesaving Clean Power Plan. The plan provides lifesaving air pollution reductions, including the first federally created limits on carbon pollution from power plants. The Clean Power Plan would reduce carbon pollution and other harmful pollutants […]
Posted inOp-Eds
Mainers have a right to clean air
All people deserve a chance to live a long and healthy life. That is why it is so outrageous that President Donald Trump is gutting the Environmental Protection Agency and important policies that keep our air clean. Although our air is cleaner than it was 30 years ago because environmental and public health legislation has […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Emails: EPA's Scott Pruitt cozy with fossil fuel industry
In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in Washington. While Oklahoma’s attorney general, emails show that new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt was in frequent contact with fossil fuel companies and special interest groups working to undermine federal efforts to curb planet-warming carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Cascades Auburn Fiber fined by EPA
AUBURN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Cascades Auburn Fiber $65,000, saying Cascades violated the Clean Water Act and federal Oil Pollution Prevention regulations. EPA spokesman Jeff Kopf said the fines announced Monday stem from deficiencies spotted in an October 2012 inspection. “We give the companies a little bit of time to address […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Wilton Tannery cleanup contract awarded
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously awarded the contract to clean up the Wilton Tannery property to a Farmington company. The lowest of the five bids received was $196,367 from E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington, Jaime Madore, Ransom Environmental’s lead engineer for the project, told the board Tuesday. The highest was $520,000, she said. […]
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Maine already working to cut carbon emissions
AUGUSTA — Maine is already a leader in working to reduce carbon emissions through a regional partnership, but new federal regulations will bring relief to its residents by improving air quality and reducing the impacts of global warming, lawmakers and environmental groups said Monday. Under the sweeping new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan announced Monday […]