The preliminary plan is to lease the field to grow other crops that do not absorb as much PFAS as hay does. Any revenue would ...

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, ...

In many ways, Maine and Minnesota had the first words on the regulation of PFAS in the U.S. Their broad definitions of the chemicals set the stage ...

State lawmakers are proposing new limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tap water as questions emerge about the ...

Linda Christman from the local group Save Carbon County addressed the Agricultural Land Preservation Board of Carbon County at its meeting Tuesday evening in Jim Thorpe. The board purchases farms ...

ENVIRONMENT Minister Steve Luce accepted that Islanders might feel government action on PFAS was “too little, too late” as he ...

But near that farm field in Centerville Township, the water table is often 100 feet or more below where septage is injected, ...

It's been a source of worry and speculation ever since the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that they were investigating the University of Maine system for compliance with ...

Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever chemicals” may accumulate in oysters, crabs, clams and fish.

The Trump administration has restored over $100 million in USDA funding to the University of Maine System, following a ...

ORONO - The University of Maine System learned Monday that its funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been ...