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Maine Public

Maine Public

Maine Public

Maine Public, an NPR and PBS member station, connects the people of Maine and our region to each other and to the world through radio, television, educational, and digital services.

Maine Public serves Maine and also reaches most of New Brunswick, Canada, and parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Find all of our coverage at mainepublic.org

Annie Ropeik

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For The Maine Monitor

Development and rising seas threaten Maine's salt marshes, a key carbon sink

Scientists project that Maine could lose 28-57% of its salt marshes by the end of the century — victims of rising seas, coastal development and polluted runoff, with consequences for biodiversity and storm resilience. Now, advocates across the coast are racing to give these ecosystems space to survive.
Ari Snider

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Maine Public

Basic income pilot project for single mothers shows promising results on economic stability

Ari Snider

The initiative, through the Quality Housing Coalition, provided monthly direct payments of $1,000 to 20 low-income women.

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Mother and son dead after dispute in Troy, New Hampshire, leads to police shootout in Maine

Carol Bousquet

The incident unfolded overnight and ended with the suspect dead after a standoff with police on the Piscataqua River Bridge.
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Climate driven storms add runoff to Maine lakes, degrading water quality

Peter McGuire

Soil runoff from intense rainstorms can degrade water quality and trigger algal blooms.
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Maine's warming lakes incubate damaging invasive plants

Peter McGuire

Species such as variable leaf milfoil are growing faster and stronger as freshwater temperatures tick up.
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As lakes warm, pollution threats grow deep below the surface

Peter McGuire

Seasonal water layers are lasting longer, helping feed algal blooms from nutrients buried in lake beds.
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Climate change is overheating Maine's pristine lakes

Peter McGuire

Maine is home to almost 6,000 lakes and ponds, with some of the cleanest, clearest water in the country. But many are under threat from climate change.
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PFAS advisories issued for freshwater fish at four sites near Brunswick airbase spill

Nicole Ogrysko

The new advisories are based on historic data collected before Monday's spill, the Maine CDC said. The public should not consume or should limit consumption of freshwater fish from Mere Brook, the Merriconeag Stream, Picnic Pond, and what's known as the site 8 stream.
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PFAS firefighting foam spills into environment after accidental discharge in Brunswick

Nick Song

The foam was discharged in a hanger at what's now the Brunswick Executive Airport before entering the sewer and storm water systems.
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Lewiston commission faults law enforcement, Army for missed opportunities to avert mass shootings

Kevin Miller

After hearing from dozens of witnesses in public and private meetings and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents, the independent commission investigating the mass shootings in Lewiston last October has concluded its work.
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99-year-old Holocaust survivor brings his band to Portland, Maine

Irwin Gratz

A Holocaust survivor and, late-in-life drummer, will perform in Portland Tuesday. Irwin Gratz has his preview of the nearly century old musician.
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Consumer advocates oppose New Hampshire power line upgrade

Peter McGuire

Critics say electric customers will wind up paying for an unnecessary costs.

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