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Maine Person Asks For Help After Mosquito Bites Their Ass
Q106.5 - Maine
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July 5, 2025
There's lot of potential hazards any time you step foot into the Maine woods. There's plenty of wildlife, most of which is more scared of you than you are of them. There's a handful of plants that can do some damage and make for an unpleasant...
Watchdog Slams Mainstream Media for Selective ‘Hottest Day’ Climate Change Claims
The Arizona Sun Times
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July 7, 2025
New analysis by an environmental watchdog finds that mainstream media selectively report high temperatures from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to bolster climate change claims, while overlooking lower readings from other local weather stations and...
World News | Company's Carbon Credits Raise Questions About Unproven Ocean Technology to Fight Global Warming
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Washington, Jul 3 (AP) 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...
Montrose Environmental looks to ‘future-proof’ PFAS remediation amid regulations
Waste Dive
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July 7, 2025
Montrose Environmental Group’s PFAS remediation and research division aims to help “future-proof” its customers’ remediation efforts amid uncertainties with state and federal regulations. PFAS contamination concerns are a growing issue across the...
An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts
Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
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 three years ago by a...
The impact of Trump administration policies on climate research funding
IOL
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July 7, 2025
The Washington Post|Published 18 minutes ago 7min A $15 million federal grant was supposed to help scientists better understand how the warming climate is harming plants and animals, setting many on paths toward extinction. But the Trump...
Pres. Trump's Bill: Impacts on Maine
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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This is a special two-hour Maine Calling: Part 1 will feature political leaders discussing what is included in Trump's bill and the process that led to it being signed into law; Part 2 will focus on the economic impacts on Maine residents. What do...
Midcoast meat snacks maker brings home the bacon in 'Greenlight Maine' season finale
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Singing Pastures, a Newcastle-based producer of pasture-raised meat snacks, won the $25,000 Season 10 “Greenlight Maine” cash prize. Owners Holly and John Arbuckle plan to use the money to fund a new website ahead of a rebrand and expansion. In...
Is wind power finally coming to Maine’s remote north?
Canary Media
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July 7, 2025
Two years after the last attempt to build out wind farms in Maine’s northern reaches fizzled, the state is again gearing up to seek developers to build at least 1,200 megawatts of land-based wind capacity and a transmission line to carry the...
History says this is how Maine will elect its 3rd independent governor
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
Rick Bennett was 11 years old when Lewiston insurance agency owner Jim Longley won the 1974 gubernatorial race to become the first independent governor in Maine and the country. Twenty years later, Mainers elected a public television host named...
Maine's immigrant farmers keep growing despite cuts to USDA's local food program
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 3, 2025
It’s a sunny, sticky late June afternoon and Habiba Salat bends over tidy rows of knee-high vegetables in a sprawling field at Liberation Farms in Wales. "What are you working on right now?" asked Maine Public reporter Nora Saks. "I’m weeding my...
Maine lawmakers react to passing of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
WABI - Maine
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July 3, 2025
Maine (WABI) - In the wake of Congress passing the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ lawmakers across Maine have released statements: Governor Mills: “The President may call it the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – but there’s nothing beautiful about it. There is...
Sen. Collins shouldn’t support cuts that derail Maine’s climate work | Letter
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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June 30, 2025
A recent article highlighted the fact that Maine’s climate plan is at risk due to cuts in the proposed federal budget, and I’m asking Sen. Susan Collins to vote against those cuts. The fact that the climate is changing is clear. As a kid in Maine,...
Maine's elected officials weigh in on passage of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' in House
News Center Maine
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July 3, 2025
The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk. He is expected to sign it on Friday. AUGUSTA, Maine — On Thursday, House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax and cuts bill, sending it to Trump's desk for his...
Dr Madhu Chopra on building a home that is calm and chaos-free: ‘Main jab bohot chhoti thi tab se hi maine soch liya tha…’
The Indian Express
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July 6, 2025
Actor Priyanka Chopra’s mother Dr Madhu Chopra recently opened up about her tumultous childhood and how it led her to crave a life of peace and stability in her adulthood. During an interview, she revealed insights on what shaped her mindset.When...
Maine DEA Makes Big Drug Bust in Central Maine
B98.5 - Maine
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July 2, 2025
According to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety's Shannon Moss, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency recently made a big drug bust in Winslow. The press release explains that: MDEA Agents and the Winslow Police Department have...
Watch this Maine hummingbird shower in the rain
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 6, 2025
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in June 2023. Linda Theriault-Quirion enjoys immersing herself in nature. She goes out for a walk every day, even during the winter. As a diehard outdoor enthusiast, she has developed a keen sense...
Why Maine’s rollercoaster spring killed your garden plants
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 6, 2025
It’s a tough time to be a tomato plant in Bangor. In Jennifer Theriault’s home garden, tomatoes she started from seed three months ago are half the size they usually reach by July. Her cucumbers aren’t bearing fruit yet, like they should be; some...
How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research
The Detroit News - Michigan
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A $15 million federal grant was supposed to help scientists better understand how the warming climate is harming plants and animals, setting many on paths toward extinction. But the Trump administration shelved it earlier this year, miring the...
Maine college student claims professor is discriminating against her based on political views
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 2, 2025
A student at Eastern Maine Community College says an opinion paper on the Second Amendment she wrote for a class was met with pushback from a professor who wrote in an email, "you clearly do not care about people as much as you care about...