Apr 29, 2006

Sears Island raided by Homeland Security

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Sears Island raided by Homeland Security. Local and state security forces put public Sears Island under a tight cordon, Friday, including ae...
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Apr 28, 2006

Stop Maine shark-finning!

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On Wednesday May 24th, you can help put an end to the practice of "finning" sharks captured in Maine state waters. On that day at...
Mar 3, 2006

Penobscots, NGOs to DEP: Is Casella plan for mega bark mulch complex the camel's nose for another Maine megawaste complex?

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Is the mega-mulch plan for Milford actually Casella wastes' first foray into its long-dreaded proposal for a mammoth waste & demoli...
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Feb 2, 2006

Rockport coastal forest threatened by Utah firm.

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Leucadia National Corporation has its eyes on developing 111 acres of the Brewster Point forest on the edge of Clam Cove in Rockport. (Are...
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Jan 20, 2006

Eel Liberation Part 2--Androscoggin River

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Coming on the heels of their victorious effort in January to get the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) to agree to hold a full a...
Jan 18, 2006

Maine eels huggers gain public hearing!

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Eel defenders Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and won a key victory today when the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP voted to hold a...
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Salmon fly fishery on the Penobscot?

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State proposes salmon fishery reopening on the Penobscot River. An Atlantic Samon Commission plan to allow a limited flyfishing season will ...
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Dec 13, 2005

Gulf of Maine: The Way (marine) Life Ought to Be

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Get smart on Fisheries. Learn how abundant the fishes living in Maine rivers, bays and offshore were before the twentieth century's mec...
Nov 3, 2005

Sears Island - Maine DOT, Sierra Club, Islesboro Trust plans for island future?

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The Waldo Independent. November 2 2005 DOT island plan blasted. By Peter Taber The state Department of Transportation (DOT) once more stan...
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Oct 20, 2005

Sears Island - economist, scientists discuss possible futures.

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ARE THERE COSTS TO NOT PROTECTING SEARS ISLAND? A Symposium, to be held November 5th, 2005 from 9am to 4:30pm at the Troy A. Howard Middle ...
Oct 19, 2005

Developers planning Big Box sprawl on Rte 1, Thomaston

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Get involved! Developers are planning major Big Box projects on Route 1 in Thomaston (possibly a Super Wal-Mart.) A group of citizens is w...
Oct 11, 2005

The NEFMC Habitat Committee

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Keep up with what the New England Fishery Management Council is doing regarding the protection of natural marine habitats in the Gulf of M...
Oct 9, 2005

FMC 's stinking waste: Rockland's problem?

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Reports have serious quantities of hydrogen sulfide gassing off FMC's seaweed pulp wastes lying unmixed at the surface of rockland's...
Oct 6, 2005

BEP takes over Dragon Taming

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The Maine Board of Environmental Protection agreed today to take over jurisdiction of Dragon Cement Products' pollution permits for its ...
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Sep 30, 2005

BEP holds October 6, 2005 public hearing on Dragon's waste permits.

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Maine Board of Environmental Protection orders October 6 public hearing on Dragon's waste permits. Read story, listen to audio recordin...
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Sep 19, 2005

On Sept 22nd, Maine's Board of Environmental Protection to quiz state's Dragon-licensers.

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Dragon's toxic test well data Thomaston cement maker Dragon Cement Products' pollution licensing problems go under the spotlight on...
Sep 13, 2005

DMR Bay Mgmt Steering Committee meets 9/19/05, Portland

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The Steering Committee of the Maine Bay Management Study will meet Monday, September 19th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Gulf of Maine Researc...
Sep 12, 2005

CLF gives Ferraiolo Corp notice of intent to sue in federal court.

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Ferraiolo Construction Company gets Clean Water Act Notice of intent to Sue 9/8/05 "Concerned with rising levels of stormwater pollu...
Aug 31, 2005

Sears Island - environmental coalition announces plans

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Environmental coalition offering plan for Sears Island By Peter Taber, Waldo Independent A loose coalition of environmental groups from acro...
Aug 26, 2005

Georges Bank exploratory drilling to happen

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One of the foul balls of the Energy Policy Act... Exploration on Georges Bank OK'd Critics say oil, gas survey could disrupt fishing gro...