mineral mining

Some Pembroke residents worry about the project's potential impact on their water supply and on scallop-rich Cobscook Bay, and they want to use local control to stop it.

AUGUSTA, Maine - A leading environmental group and state environmental regulators are backing a bill they say would create strict rules for mining Maine's…

The issue of metal mining in Maine and how it should be regulated has been debated numerous times in the Legislature, but never settled. Environmentalists…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Legislators are set to consider once again whether to approve rules to jumpstart mining of Maine's deposits of copper, zinc, gold and…

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has voted unanimously to adopt controversial new mining rules for the state.The Legislature has twice rejected…

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is once again asking Maine lawmakers to consider new rules to address mining regulations in the state.The…

AUGUSTA, Maine - A proposal to loosen mining regulations in Maine has suffered a setback in Augusta. The Maine House overwhelmingly rejected the measure,…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Lawmakers have worked for weeks on an effort to overhaul the state's mining regulations. But it was mostly opponents that showed up…

AUGUSTA, Maine - An ongoing debate about regulation of large-scale mining in Maine is now in its third year. After lawmakers rejected mining regulations…

AUGUSTA, Maine _ More than a month after a bill seeking to adopt the state's expanded mineral mining rules drew significant public testimony, another is…