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Maine board rejects mandate to boost electric vehicle sales by 2032

Suggesting lawmakers should take up such sweeping changes, the Board of Environmental Protection votes 4-2 against the rules on the same day that the Biden administration rolls out the country's strongest-ever limits on tailpipe pollution.

Maine may join rest of New England in banning food scraps from landfills

Supporters want lawmakers to do something about rotting food waste, which produces dangerous levels of methane gas. But critics of the proposal say a ban would be too costly for the state and businesses.

Storm-battered Maine communities look to state funding to prepare for warmer, wetter future

Gov. Janet Mills wants to invest $50 million into a fund that is already helping communities across the state prepare for more storms fueled by climate change.

31,000 acres of ancestral land could be returned to Penobscot Nation

The prospective deal would increase tribal trust holdings by a third and secure public access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument from the south.

Right whale population levels off after steep decline, but threats remain

A new estimate of the number of surviving North Atlantic right whales indicates that the population has hovered around 350 animals for 3 years.

A warming Gulf Stream is edging ever closer to shore

The shifting current may cause breakaway areas of warm water that raise temperatures in the Gulf of Maine for months at a time, a study finds.

Canadian company makes 2nd bid for zinc mine near Katahdin

Wolfden Chase Mtn. LLC says that Pickett Mountain has the country’s largest undeveloped reserves of a type of ore that contains high-grade zinc and smaller but still commercially valuable amounts of copper, lead, silver and gold.

What to do about pesky beavers at Tripp Pond?

Beavers are still active in Mud Pond, which is adjacent to Tripp Pond, and it's only a matter of time before they return to Tripp.

Lawmakers hear how other states are catching up to Maine on PFAS regulation

Thirty-three states have introduced about 200 new PFAS policies or laws this year alone.