Press Herald - Despite hailing them as important, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has canceled $15 million in grants to research and reduce the effect of forever chemicals on farms, including almost $5 million in local research projects to the University of Maine, the Mi’kmaq Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe. Termination notices to Maine grant recipients said the work was "no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities."
Press Herald - Wild American oysters, long considered extinct in Midcoast Maine, have returned to the region, according to a recent study. With the help of local shellfish harvesters, researchers from the University of Maine identified the oysters in nearly 40 areas along the coastal Damariscotta River.The study is a part of a growing effort marine scientists and officials are making to invite fishermen to the table.
Press Herald - U.S. Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree blasted a Republican budget
bill that cleared the House of Representatives by a single vote early
Thursday. The bill would cut $800 million in Medicaid,
cut taxes, increase spending on border security and roll back Biden-era
clean-energy tax credits. It now goes to the Senate, where Republicans,
including Sen. Susan Collins, have expressed concern about the health
care cuts.