environment

Yards are filling up with fallen leaves at this time of year, but some biodiversity researchers are urging homeowners to "leave the leaves" where they are for the winter.

Under the proposal, manufacturers would have two additional years to remove the "forever chemicals" from many products. But makers of cosmetics, cleaning products and other consumer goods would face an earlier deadline.

The Maine State Chamber of Commerce says that while it supports efforts to remove PFAS from products, a January deadline for manufactures to report which products contain PFAS is "unworkable."

The Board of Environmental Protection might also recommend that the Legislature review any future changes to vehicle emissions standards, although that would not likely apply to the current, controversial proposal.

As Maine moves closer to establishing an experimental offshore wind farm, we examine ocean wind power technology and its potential. The wind farm under…

Climate challenges facing Maine range from extreme weather to sea-level rise to warming waters.We'll discuss how climate science informs policy and real…

Maine state leaders have developed a four-year action plan for addressing climate change, and they're now seeking public input on it. We’ll learn how the…

Spring is prime time for citizen scientists, also called "community scientists," to get involved with helping to gather data for research about our…

This is the first segment of a special two-hour Maine Calling, as we continue to cover the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The global shutdown of travel…

Journalist and author Mark Kurlansky’s latest book explores the significance of salmon as a species worldwide, and as an indicator of the health of our…