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Officials with @NOAAFisheries said Wednesday that rope found wrapped around the tail of a dead juvenile right whale that washed up on Martha's Vineyard last month is "is consistent with the rope used in Maine state water trap/pot buoy lines." #whales bangordailynews.com/2024/02/…
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Robert R. Card II was found dead Friday after a three-day manhunt, U.S. Sen. Angus King told the Bangor Daily News.
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It doesn’t reflect too well on this platform that they make it nearly impossible to sign out of the mobile version. It takes Inception-level navigating through multiple menus to find it. Am I missing an easier option?
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How are people who should not be able to obtain guns still getting them? A good read here from @MainePublic
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Not to stir up too much drama in the world of Maine children’s books, but there are now two picture books titled “The Lobster Lady” about the same person.
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Maine Public is suspending activity on Twitter, joining @NPR, @PBS and many public media stations across the country. mainepublic.org/2023-04-13/m…
A bill that would end Maine's plastic bag ban -- in the name of environmental progress, health and consumer choice -- appears to be getting the legislative equivalent of ratioed. About 15 pieces of testimony against, 3 for it.
Only a handful of other states still use absolute dominion; many others have adopted reasonable use as water has become more scarce. And that could lead to bigger fights over companies like Poland Spring exporting bottled water from the state.
Finally, one of the more interesting questions to me is whether the Legislature might choose to abandon its more hands-off approach to regulating groundwater use, called "absolute dominion" and move to a system called "reasonable use."
Speaking of data: farms are using increasing amounts of water to irrigate their crops during summer, but few of them are required to report how much they're using.
This data might be available piece-by-piece from individual communities, but it's hard to get it all in one place. That said, a commission has recommended the Legislature make this data more centralized and open to the public.
It's hard -- but supposedly not impossible -- to find how much water companies like Poland Spring are removing from Maine communities. I've been waiting more than a month for state environmental officials to provide Poland Spring extraction data for the last seven years.
And I take a look at efforts to more tightly study and regulate Maine's groundwater supply. A few of my takeaways: mainepublic.org/environment-…
Short thread: We have a pair of stories out today on groundwater withdrawals in Maine. @SusanSharon1 has this great dig into a community that's seeking more accountability for the water Poland Spring pumps out of the local aquifer: mainepublic.org/environment-…
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Maine’s water resources have come under heightened scrutiny amid climate change, drought and other factors. While officials insist water is plentiful, some residents argue Maine has fallen behind in its oversight and should put more protections in place. bit.ly/3ZEELG3