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Somerset Mill, located alongside the Kennebec River, has for decades discharged chemicals into water sources, dumped into landfills and sold as fertilizer, grossly contaminating property in Maine; former owner Kimberly-Clark and current owner Sappi Ltd., of South Africa, named as defendants
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Grant & Eisenhofer has filed a lawsuit seeking class status in Maine Superior Court against current and previous owners and operators of a paper mill that has for decades dumped toxic and long-lasting forever chemicals into water and soil, contaminating property and drinking-water sources.
The class seeks to represent anyone who lived in Somerset County, Maine – the state s third-largest by area – for at least one year between 1967 through the present. The complaint asserts that Somerset Mill, a paper and pulp facility owned until 1995 by Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Scott Paper Co., and now by South Africa s Sappi Ltd., is the source of dangerous pollutan
FAIRFIELD, Maine A Maine man is suing a paper mill company that operates in the state about levels of long-lasting chemicals in wells and elsewhere. Nathan Saunders of Fairfield filed the lawsuit Friday against Boston-based Sappi North America. The lawsuit concerns per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, which are also called PFAS and are sometimes referred […]
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The City of Rockland and the Town of Thomaston are among recipients of municipal stream crossing grants awarded by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Maine voters approved a bond package in 2018 that included $5 million dollars for vital infrastructure improvements at municipal stream crossings.
These monies fund competitive grants that match local funding for the upgrade of culverts at stream crossings on municipal roads.
The awarded projects will benefit public infrastructure and safety by replacing failing culverts that are at risk of complete washout or collapse; reduce flooding and increase resiliency with the installation or larger, higher capacity and longer-lived crossings. The upgraded crossings will also benefit fish and wildlife by opening and reconnecting stream habitat fragmented by undersized and impassable culverts, represent a cost-effective and efficient investment, and match local funds committed to the pr
Compost webinar series to begin March 11
Virtual events to be offered by the UMaine Cooperative Extension.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a three-webinar series about compost issues in agriculture and waste management from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11, and Tuesdays, March 23 and 30.
According to a news release from UMaine News in Orono, this compost webinar series will first examine the organic certification process for compost usage with Caleb Goossen, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association organic crop and conservation specialist. He will be followed by carcass composting with Krishona Martinson, University of Minnesota professor and Extension equine specialist; and composting hemp residual with Mark King, Maine Department of Environmental Protection environmental specialist and Maine Compost School educator.