By Bonnie Washuk, Sun Journal writer Lewiston Sun Journal news storyPlease see attached article at right.Pair deny helping employers skirt law
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Maine River Cleanup Spawns Controversy
By Susan Sharon, Maine Public Radio Living on EarthOnce on the list of the country’s ten most polluted rivers, Maine’s Androscoggin River was one of the inspirations for the Clean Water Act. But some old mill towns in Maine are at odds over the cleanup of the Androscoggin. (Click on the “Living on Earth” link Read More
NRCM, NRDC Sue International Paper for Polluting Androscoggin River
AUGUSTA Maine – This morning, the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit against International Paper (IP) in US District Court in Bangor. “We are suing International Paper because the Androscoggin River below their papermill in Jay is so polluted that it has never met the bare minimum standards Read More
Group Plans to Sue IP
by Bonnie Washuk, staff writer Lewiston Sun Journal AUGUSTA – Maine’s leading environmental group filed an intent-to-sue notice Thursday with International Paper, charging that IP is illegally polluting the Androscoggin River under the federal Clean Water Act. The notice points out that IP’s legal permit to pollute expired years ago. So have permits for other Read More
Androscoggin is ‘Hammered’
Environmental leader Brownie Carson pledges to fight for a cleaner river. By Daniel Hartill, Staff Writer Lewiston Sun Journal news story For decades, the Androscoggin River has grown clearer and cleaner, yet it remains polluted. The problem has led Brownie Carson, one of Maine’s leading environmentalists, to pledge increased opposition to the daily dumping of Read More
