Ecuador’s location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.
Steve Ericson
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The U.S. government is eager to restore powers to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists’ hands
When Congress returns this week, Homeland Security officials and those in the chemical industries will be watching to see if a program regulating the chemical sector will be on its agenda.
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For small businesses reliant on summer tourism, extreme weather is the new pandemic – for better or worse
Tourism-related businesses have always been at the mercy of the weather. But with heat waves, fires and storms becoming more frequent and intense, small businesses increasingly see extreme weather as their next long-term challenge.
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Three Maine companies hit with environmental penalties
Firms in Portland, Old Town and Milbridge agree to pay fines in cases centered around potentially damaging chemicals.
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Ferry damaged rudders, propellers when it struck ledge near Vinalhaven
The Capt. Richard G. Spear, the Maine State Ferry Service’s newest ferry, had just left Vinalhaven bound for Rockland when it hit the ledge, transportation officials said Thursday.
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Environmentalists criticize public feedback process for deciding future site of port for offshore wind industry
Maine officials are accused of long favoring Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, as the future site of the port.
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Maine planners grappling with short-term rentals consider new regulations
The Land Use Planning Commission has received complaints about renters from permanent residents.
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Sailor who died at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in Maine decades later
Ensign Stanley W. Allen received a funeral with full military honors at Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta.
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Larry Nassar was stabbed in prison cell, attack not seen by surveillance cameras, source says
Larry Nassar was stabbed in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida, out of view of surveillance cameras pointed at common areas and corridors
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Humans’ impact on the earth began a new epoch in the 1950s called the Anthropocene, scientists say
Humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists say a new geologic epoch began then.