A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is working to establish the best practices to treat patients ...

Tribal leaders and the Conservation Law Foundation are opposing the state's public benefit determination of the proposed ...

When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted ...

University of Maine researchers are creating a low-cost PFAS testing tool for farmers that delivers faster results via ...

Scientists are also working on ways to break these chemicals down before they have a chance to harm humans or the environment ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law this week a bill requiring trash companies to submit detailed management plans for leachate ...

The Maine Public Utilities Commission said it would only select projects that would lower the cost of electrical generation ...

The bill also eliminates funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and environmental justice initiatives.

As Republicans on the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees work to advance the 12 annual appropriations bills ...

The Trump administration has canceled $15 million in federally funded studies into how PFAS chemicals from pesticides and sewage sludge contaminate U.S. farmland, prompting backlash from public health ...

A new study suggests that while exposure to “legacy” PFAS through diet may be decreasing, certain foods and drinking water may still be notable sources of the hazardous substances.