Nov 26, 2022

State Agencies and FOAA. recent report by AG's office on (1) recent improvements to FOAA and (2) nuisance FOAAs and threatening language by requesters

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The November 17, 2022 meeting of the Maine Legislature's  Right To Know Advisory Committee featured an eight minute presentation by Bren...
Nov 21, 2022

Maine towns OK with 1st-2hrs-free FOAA rule. NOT okay with "weaponized" FOAA requests

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The November 17, 2022 meeting of the Right To Know Advisory Committee featured a presentation by Neal Goldberg of Maine Municipal Associati...
Oct 24, 2022

Lower Saint George River - as a shellfishery and as receiving waters for Thomaston and Warren Sewage treatment plants discharges

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A bit of information about the lower Saint George River's softshell clam stocks and the govt records of the  two sewage treatment plants...
Oct 11, 2022

Defenders of the Prokaryotic Empire!

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When considering what  has first priority for Earth/Sea defenders and conservers, a sk yourself: Of all that biomass that we  respire along ...
Oct 8, 2022

ME Water Use Commission mtg: 2 Presentrations by UMaine Law School Prof Anthony Moffa on Maine water rights & water regulation

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 On October 6, 2022 The Commission To Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of Maine met  in Room 127 of the Statehouse and liv...
Oct 4, 2022

Legislature's ENR committee 10/3/22 got updates on new ME law from LD 1639 passage ending imports of demolition & construction debris. Audio MP3s

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On October 3, 2022  the  Maine Legislature's Environment & Natural Resources Committee (ENR)  questioned and got updates by  Maine D...
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Sep 30, 2022

Nordic Aquafarms' alleged TRI challenged again LISTEN to testimonies of 3 attorneys before Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Sept 8th, 2-22

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The furious legal fight that has so far fended off aggressive polluter-wannabee Nordic Aquafarms continues.  Listen as each of the legal ea...
Sep 29, 2022

Safe Harbor draft Environmental Assessment for land side of Rockland megayacht plan. EA and Appendices breakouts.

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Texas marina holding company Safe Harbor Marinas (SHM) has just released a draft Environmental Assessment of the impacts on the harbor an...
Sep 17, 2022

Standing: Who Can Sue to Protect the Environment?

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A year ago the American Bar Association published  the essay "Standing: Who Can Sue to Protect the Environment?"  Written by Maris...

swat stuff

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Following is a summary of key findings from the 2011 SWAT program for its Marine Module .  1 Acronyms  FTAL =   Fish Tissue Action Level) ...
Sep 10, 2022

Penobscot Bay report September 10, 2022. gene editing the natural world Nordic case before SJC * Who can Sue? *Dredge team mtg soon

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 Maine lobsters downgraded * Supreme Judicial Court audio 33min   Sept 9, 2022 Q&A of the opposing counsels  WHO CAN SUE? FROM THE ABA B...
Sep 3, 2022

DEP/BEP failures part 1 David Lossee issue avoidance

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 Good evening, everyone. And thank you for allowing me to join you this afternoon or this evening. A few months ago, Jim Merkel asked me wha...

BEP DEP their failures PT 2 CHARLEY BERING WRITTEN

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PART 2 CHARLEY BERING Thank you, David. I'm not at all sure I'm better at explaining anything than yo  u are. But I'll give it m...