Checking in on Maine’s dams: Here’s what you need to know
Changes in ownership and oversight complicate the futures of four dams, while another is poised for removal.
Schools across Maine confront unique challenges in ridding their water of ‘forever chemicals’
Funding and delays have kept schools on bottled water for over a year as they try to eliminate their PFAS.
Climate change, rising home costs converge to drive up insurance rates in Maine
A study projects that Maine rates will increase 19 percent by the end of the year, though much of that change will be driven by homes on the storm-exposed coast.
Denmark considers tightening regulations on water extraction despite Poland Spring opposition
The proposed changes come as statewide efforts to curb large-scale extraction have failed in recent years.
Sanford wood pellet manufacturer fined for repeated environmental violations, excess emissions
In addition to air emissions exceedances, a consent agreement outlines lapses in recordkeeping and failing to timely report emission test results.
Dover-Foxcroft rejects removal, votes to maintain town dam
The town now has to hastily develop engineering plans to restore the dam and meet federal standards, an $8 million cost
Environmentalists advocate for removal of four Kennebec River dams
Advocates claim that federal proposals to improve fish passage were insufficient and only removal would save at-risk species like Atlantic salmon.