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Bangor Greendrinks celebrates sustainability and connects community
WABI - Maine
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July 8, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Bangor Greendrinks and KFI teamed up to host a free block party on Tuesday. Each month, Bangor Greendrinks hosts family-friendly events, raising their pints to community members and businesses dedicated to sustainability....
Multistate coalition supports lawsuit against EPA's termination of environmental justice grants
Golden State Today - California
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July 7, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with attorneys general from 19 other states and territories, has submitted an amicus brief in support of Earthjustice, Public Rights Project, and the Southern Environmental Law Center. The lawsuit...
Attorneys general challenge EPA's termination of environmental justice grant program
Capital District Times - New York
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July 8, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined forces with 19 other attorneys general to support a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The legal action challenges the EPA's decision to terminate the Environmental...
Dozens of coastal Maine beaches tested last year found to have risk of pathogens
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 8, 2025
A new report reveals that more than 50 coastal beaches in Maine tested positive for potentially unsafe levels of fecal bacteria on at least one day last year. Environment Maine Research and Policy Center's clean water director, John Rumpler, said...
Pathogen risk found at 78% of Maine coastal beaches tested in 2024, report finds
FOX 23 - Maine
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Advocates are calling for action after a new report shows a pathogen risk was found at 78-percent of Maine beaches tested in 2024. The report was released this week by Environment Maine Research and Policy Center. It found 51 Maine beaches were...
Trump’s cuts to climate research are derailing science and endangering long-term monitoring
Environmental Health News
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July 8, 2025
The Trump administration’s decision to halt climate science funding and dismantle research infrastructure has already begun to upend major projects, forcing scientists to abandon long-term studies and scaling back the U.S. role in international...
Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom
Ocean Acidification
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July 8, 2025
On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have...
2024 Report Flags Pathogen Threat at 78% of Maine’s Coastal Beaches
92 Moose - Maine
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July 8, 2025
If you’re a fan of hitting the beach in the summer (and honestly, who isn’t in Maine?), a new report might give you pause before you dive in. Environment Maine Research & Policy Center just released data showing that 78% of the coastal beaches...
20 Classic Rock Bands That Played The Ballpark in OOB, Maine
102.9 WBLM - Maine
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July 8, 2025
When it comes to major music venues in Maine, two stand out above the rest. First is the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor. The other is Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena. Both locations offer a wonderful schedule of concerts and a variety of...
MIT Sea Grant’s LOBSTgER Project Combines AI and Underwater Photography to Visualize Ocean Life in the Gulf of Maine
AZo Robotics
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July 8, 2025
Researchers at MIT have developed a novel approach to documenting ocean biodiversity by combining artificial intelligence with underwater photography. The initiative—called LOBSTgER, short for Learning Oceanic Bioecological Systems Through...
Burned out: How privatised risk is failing victims of climate disasters
Down to Earth
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Dramatic scenes of wildfires around Los Angeles, with entire neighborhoods burned to the ground, dominated global media for weeks earlier this year. In the immediate aftermath of the fires, the hotel industry, automakers, national and...
Questions raised about technology to fight global warming
The Rising Nepal
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Wellington, July 4: The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed...
EPA Wants Clinicians to Counsel Patients on Air Pollution
Medscape
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Wildfire season has begun and the North American seasonal fire report predicts significant fire activity for much of the US later this summer. Americans are more likely than ever to encounter air that contains particulate matter less than 2.5 µm...
In Maine, a generational, family-owned business runs water taxis CHRONICLE
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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July 7, 2025
In Maine's Casco Bay, a family-owned business has operated water taxis for generations For decades, the Fogg family has traversed the waters around the bay's 785 islands and ledges ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUP, REPORT THERE ARE 785 ISLANDS OR...
“A choice we should have" — Maine law lets doctors shorten Death With Dignity waiting period
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 7, 2025
Maine lawmakers recently amended Maine's Death With Dignity law, giving physicians the discretion to shorten the mandatory 17-day waiting period before providing life-ending medication. Since its passage in 2019, Maine’s Death with Dignity Act has...
Maine artists take center stage at Bangor festival
News Center Maine
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July 5, 2025
Over 100 local artists filled the streets of downtown Bangor for the annual sidewalk festival, offering a colorful mix of art mediums. BANGOR, Maine — Maine has long been known as a destination for famous artists, but this weekend, it was...
Maine sets decarbonization goals by 2040
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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In 2023, roughly 65 percent of the energy generated in Maine came from renewable sources. Lead sponsor Sen. Mark Lawrence (D-York) said the legislation will make the transition by creating new incentives for low-carbon sources in Maine’s energy...
Free Fun Family Things to Do in Downeast Maine July 7-13
WDEA AM 1370 - Maine
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July 7, 2025
Are you and your kids suffering from the I'm bored's? We have the solution! Here are a list of free, (or almost free), fun, family things to do in Downeast Maine July 7-13 Note - If you have a free or almost free, fun family event that you are...
Founder of Adirondack loon conservation nonprofit departs to launch new wildlife initiative
Adirondack Explorer - New York
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July 7, 2025
Dr. Nina Schoch plans to expand wildlife health research, training opportunities in the Adirondacks By Mike Lynch The founder of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation has left the nonprofit and is now planning to pursue a new project related...
Murdered Maine paddleboarder remembered as ‘strong, self-made’ woman
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
TENANTS HARBOR, Maine — Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was a force of nature who was a fierce advocate for friends, human rights and women’s rights. Stewart, 48, died last week after going paddle boarding on Crawford Pond in Union. Maine State Police...