Senator Susan Collins and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree have re-introduced legislation to help farmers affected by PFAS.

Well before the ban took effect, the “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems ...

The Department of Defense has quietly pushed back the timeline to mitigate “forever chemicals” at more than 100 military installations, including the former Loring Air Force Base and the former ...

Maine, and Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, today led the reintroduction of their Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., are ...

Conservationist Bill Ginn is mad about what happened at the Hawk Ridge Compost Facility that he started 35 years ago as a ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine State Chamber held a forum Wednesday at The Governor Hill Mansion to hear how the state’s “PFAS in products” law affects businesses and consumers across industries. PFAS ...

We've got to wrap our heads around the rising costs of solving this problem; they are only going to rise. Whether or not it believes it can afford to do it, the state of Maine has a duty to mitigate ...

In January 2025, Maine lawmakers became the first to introduce a bill restricting PFAS levels in food. The proposed bill, SB130, entitled An Act to Establish the PFAS Response Program and to Modify ...

The state should provide businesses with a realistic timeline and framework to help remediate contaminated sites. Maine businesses are feeling discouraged by the slow pace of progress on our state’s ...

Jan. 12—As winters grow warmer, ski resorts are increasingly relying on machine-made snow to keep their trails open and powder-loving customers happy. But what happens when the water used to make the ...

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is now accepting proposals from entities that wish to obtain currently unavoidable use (CUU) designations under the PFAS in Products statute.

Harmful and persistent forever chemicals that accumulate in some water bodies can be sprayed onto slopes by machine, but the extent of the risk is unknown. As winters grow warmer, ski resorts are ...