Our lack of synthetic land-care chemical regulations sets us apart from other progressive communities. By Avery Yale Kamila, co-founder of Portland Protectors, is a mother, a freelance writer and a Press Herald food columnist. Portland Press Herald op-ed Our lack of synthetic land-care chemical regulations sets us apart from other progressive communities. It’s no secret Read More
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Protecting Waterways Both Moral Imperative and Good Business
The health of our environment, our communities and our families depends on it. By Scott Eldredge and John Bochert Portland Press Herald op-ed YORK — Our family-owned, local hardware stores have garnered some headlines recently – not for what we put on sale, but for what we don’t. We joined the community of Ogunquit in Read More
South Portland Councilors Favor Ban on Pesticide Use
With no formal ordinance proposed, Protect South Portland is campaigning for more organic approaches. By Kelley Bouchard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council showed strong support Monday night for a new community campaign to ban the use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers in the city. Protect South Read More
LePage Vetoes Lakes Protection Bill
Belgrade Lakes region legislators want deeper setbacks and less fertilizer use near lakes to ease a phosphorus problem. By Jesse Scardina, Staff Writer Kennebec Journal news story Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday vetoed a lakes protection bill that would have banned the use of prohibited fertilizer 25 feet or closer to a lake, and at Read More
Restricting phosphorus is clearly good for lakes
Portland Press Herald editorial Maine’s 2,500 lakes and great ponds are as celebrated a part of our landscape as our rocky coasts and deep forests. Owning a camp or home on one of these water bodies has been a timeless dream for generations of Mainers. Yet almost 10 percent of our lakes and ponds suffer Read More
Do green lawns make green water?
by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine lawmakers want to limit a common ingredient in lawn fertilizers to protect lakes from pollution that can turn clear water cloudy and green with algae. A proposal to be discussed today says that, starting next year, fertilizer containing phosphorous should not be sold for Read More
