By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“To state the obvious, fish move.” - Alexandra St. Pierre, attorney for the Penobscot Nation and Conservation Law Foundation, arguing that landfill discharge released downstream of Indian Island Reservation will still negatively affect tribal citizens.
Maulian Bryant, executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance and Penobscot Nation citizen, outside the Penobscot County Judicial Center in Bangor after a July 23, 2026 hearing in the Penobscot Nation's appeal of the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion's public benefit determination. (Photo by Kaitlyn Budion/Maine Morning Star)
ENVIRONMENT
By Kaitlyn Budion
Opponents of the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion returned to Penobscot Superior Court Thursday to argue that the state has continued to fail to meet environmental justice standards when considering whether the project would benefit the public.
PUBLIC HEALTH
By Kaitlyn Budion
A new searchable database highlights the smooth rollout of Maine’s ban on forever chemicals — at least when it comes to cookware.
ENERGY
By Alex Brown, Stateline
Wind industry companies and a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general say that the feds have frozen all new wind projects by refusing to conduct routine national security reviews. The bottleneck has halted more than 155 onshore wind projects, according to the American Clean Power Association.
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US House and Senate split on ending Trump’s war in Iran, as gas prices rise. Susan Collins of Maine was the only Senate Republican to vote in favor of the failed resolution | Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Vance Boelter sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in killing of Minnesota lawmaker | Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer
Commentary: ‘E pluribus unum’ is not a slogan. It’s a choice. | Tim Storey and Sue Urahn
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