Environment Archives - Bangor Daily News

Maine’s biggest dam owner faces reckoning after another Penobscot River fish kill

by Lori Valigra August 17, 2026August 19, 2026

Brookfield Renewable is in the final stages of relicensing the Ripogenus Dam, located about 30 miles west of Millinocket.

The fungus that could save Maine’s trees one seedling at a time

by Lori Valigra August 4, 2026August 4, 2026

Maine’s new strategy to stop another insect disaster in the North Woods

by Lori Valigra August 4, 2026August 4, 2026

Paper mill was the source of Maine river oil spill

by Lori Valigra July 16, 2026July 17, 2026

Maine was warned about toxins in sludge decades before PFAS crisis began

by Lori Valigra June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

Maine investigates oil spill along the Kennebec River

by Lori Valigra April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

The secretive plan for a Maine data center collapsed in 6 days

by Lori Valigra April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

The strategy behind Maine lawsuits against chemical giants

by Lori Valigra February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Maine is using outdated rules to close contaminated compost plant

by Lori Valigra January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

How Maine farmers are fighting a drought that will stretch into 2026

by Lori Valigra December 25, 2025December 25, 2025

A celebrated conservationist’s unwitting role in Maine’s PFAS crisis

by Lori Valigra December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Maine landfill plans to finally treat contaminated water that goes into the Penobscot River

by Lori Valigra October 28, 2025October 31, 2025

Inside the talks that led a contaminated Maine compost plant to be shut down

by Lori Valigra October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

A Maine compost operation heavily contaminated by PFAS is closing

by Lori Valigra September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

Cianbro is behind $1B energy storage project planned for western Maine

by Lori Valigra July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

Conditions are perfect in the Maine woods for moose-killing ticks

by Lori Valigra June 21, 2025June 20, 2025

The secret tunnels keeping Mainers safe from dangerous animal crashes

by Lori Valigra May 22, 2025May 22, 2025

Promising Maine PFAS removal project is on hold

by Lori Valigra May 8, 2025May 9, 2025

Trump administration says it will combat forever chemicals. Maine scientists are skeptical.

by Lori Valigra May 5, 2025May 4, 2025

Maine lawmakers pitch a new way around forever chemicals

by Lori Valigra April 14, 2025May 2, 2025