Pollution

Casco Bay News Roundup: March 6 – March 12

News this week is about spring flooding, ocean acidification, SailMaine, aquaculture, lobster, and the ban on microbeads. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. March 6 Forecasters keeping eye on spring flooding risk in coastal Maine (Portland Press Herald) Rising acid levels in oceans imperil … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: February 6 – February 12

News this week is about ocean acidification, Maine’s scallop fishery, plastic in our oceans, Maine’s dam survey, an icy Casco Bay, and a story about how our bay is changing. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. February 6 The fate of a fishing town … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: January 23 – February 5

News this week is about stormwater, Blue mussels, Mackworth Island, ocean acidification, fisheries, elvers, mining, microbeads, and ocean pollution. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. January 23 ‘Poop in the bay’: Portland’s newly approved stormwater fees explained (The Bangor Daily News) Farming the Blue … Read more