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Future of Maine’s electric vehicle charging network in limbo as federal changes loom

6 days ago | themainemonitor.org | Julia Tilton

Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. If you’re driving an electric vehicle up I-95 or 295 these days, particularly in York or Cumberland counties, odds are you won’t have to travel far before hitting a public charging station. But head north and the stations taper off.
Bill to make opioid settlement spending more transparent advances

1 week ago | themainemonitor.org | Emily Bader

A bill that would boost transparency of how Maine’s opioid settlement funds are being spent advanced out of committee last month. Lawmakers on the health and human services committee unanimously voted in favor of L.D. 110, An Act to Require Reporting on the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds by Certain Municipalities and County Governments.
Maine lawmakers land airport habitat bill after turbulent takeoff

1 week ago | themainemonitor.org | Emmett Gartner

Maine lawmakers reconvened this week to salvage a bill that would relax habitat protections around airports after drawing criticism from aviation officials and wildlife advocates alike for amending the bill beyond recognition. Members of the Environment and Natural Resources scrapped that previous version of the bill, L.D. 138, at a Wednesday work session, voting unanimously to swap blanket exemptions for all municipal developments with new language tailored to aviation safety.
Republican lawmakers want to put a moratorium on dam removals

2 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Emmett Gartner

Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. I’ve spent much of the past year reporting on the uncertain futures that await Maine dams.
Maine bills aim to help aging Mainers, veterans homes

2 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Rose Lundy

Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. Maine Veterans’ Homes, a nonprofit health care provider offering residential care for veterans and their spouses, could be insolvent in two years unless lawmakers approve more than $4 million in funding, said CEO Brad Klawitter at a hearing on April 1. Rep.
Maine bill would help transfer abandoned dams to towns

2 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Emmett Gartner

A cadre of Hancock County officials and residents testified on Monday in support of a bill they say is their last hope to save a pair of dams that local communities rely on for waterfront property values and recreation. The bipartisan bill, L.D. 531, was introduced by Rep.
Maine considers establishing statewide system to track rape kits

2 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Adrienne Washington

As Burcu Sagiroglu listened to lawmakers debate a bill that would establish a statewide tracking system for sexual assault kits, her mind wandered back to her days as a student at Colby College. She remembers numerous friends confiding in her that they had been sexually assaulted on campus, yet many of them did not feel comfortable reporting the assault to authorities. At the time, she didn’t understand why. “After six years in this field I’m like, okay.
Offshore wind developer puts power contract talks on hold

3 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Kate Cough |Tux Turkel

Three years after they began, negotiations over a proposed power contract for an offshore floating wind farm in the Gulf of Maine have come to an abrupt halt, with the developer citing “recent shifts in the energy landscape that have in particular caused uncertainty in the offshore wind industry.” In a March 28 filing at the Public Utilities Commission, the PUC staff explained that Pine Tree Offshore Wind LLC has requested that the talks be temporarily suspended.
Maine research organizations face uncertainty amid funding cuts

3 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Emily Bader

The federal government has funded more than a billion dollars in biomedical and public health research at Maine institutions over the past 10 years, supporting research on everything from cancer and addiction to muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer’s disease. The vast majority of that funding comes from the National Institutes of Health, the 138-year-old Bethesda, Maryland-based agency and one of the largest biomedical research institutions in the world.
Change to Maine airport habitat bill causes bafflement

3 weeks ago | themainemonitor.org | Emmett Gartner

After over an hour of back-and-forth between lawmakers and environmental regulators at a work session in February, Maine state Sen. Denise Tepler (D-Sagadahoc) began to question the intentions of a bill that would loosen habitat protections near municipal airports in the name of aviation safety.