Maine, like all states, needs landfills. But landfills present challenges and some opportunities to the communities where they are located. We’ll learn
Legislative panel votes to keep Maine’s ban on plastic shopping bags
Enforcement of the law has been temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Efforts to repeal a 2019 state law banning single-use plastic shopping bags suffered a blow Wednesday when the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted 8-3 to keep the ban in place.
Rep. Chris Johansen
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The law originally was scheduled to take effect on Earth Day, April 22, 2020, but changes in consumer demand caused by the pandemic as well as disruptions in obtaining replacement materials would have made the ban difficult to enforce, state DEP officials said at the time.
Letter: Maine tank farms need legislative oversight
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Searsport, Bucksport, Hampden and South Portland are the ports through which bulk oil, petroleum and asphalt materials are shipped and stored. What materials these ports handle has changed over time, as have the impacts on citizens living nearby.
I’ve lived in South Portland fairly close to tank farms for 45 years, but only noticed terrific odors over the past five years. Odors have been very strong and impossible to escape. Some neighbors developed severe respiratory problems from these noxious fumes and odors. On numerous occasions, the odors have invaded my home and those of my neighbors.
BAR HARBOR The newly published book, “Birds of Maine,” is the first comprehensive guide of Maine’s rich birdlife published in almost seven decades and features detailed accounts of all 464 bird species that have been recorded throughout the state.
Join the book’s co-editors Barbara Vickery and Scott Weidensaul as they talk about “Birds of Maine” during a virtual book talk on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. on Zoom, hosted by the Jesup Memorial Library.
The book started to take shape 17 years ago when the late Peter Vickery began working on a detailed look at the state’s birds. It has information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine’s geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine’s birds, as well as the state’s unusually textured ornithological history, involving such names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roos
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