Environmental Health News

New Report Finds Power Plant Mercury Emissions Low in Maine, High Upwind: New analysis of recently released Toxics Release Inventory mercury emissions
PORTLAND- As the Senate prepares to vote on whether to overturn an EPA rule on power plant mercury emissions, a new Environment Maine Research & Policy Center report shows that states in the Gulf Coast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions led the nation in power plant mercury emissions.
Mainers Sick of Catching the Drift: Citizens Launch Efforts to Strengthen Protections Against Dangerous Pesticides
Residents, community groups, and statewide health organizations released a report today detailing the dangers of pesticides used by the blueberry industry and announced the launch of an effort to reduce Mainers’ exposure to toxic pesticides.
Groups Release Report on Agri-Business and Endangered Atlantic Salmon: Board of Pesticides Control to Hold Hearing on Banning Aerial Spraying
Environment Maine Research & Policy Center, the Maine Environmental Policy Institute (MEPI) and Toxics Action Center released a report entitled, Agribusiness and Atlantic Salmon: The Effects of Large-scale Blueberry Production on Endangered Atlantic Salmon, detailing the threats that pesticides used by the blueberry industry have on the species.