Molly Enking

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department for Environmental Protection have released their findings from a six-year study of air quality in South Portland, which is home to more than 100 oil tanks.

Hundreds of thousands of Maine households could expect to pay a collective $390 million more to heat their homes this winter, according to a new analysis from the Natural Resources Council of Maine.

Researchers have found elevated levels of forever chemicals known as PFAs in birds that nest in Harpswell, two years after a massive firefighting foam spill at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

Casella Waste Systems, the operators of state-run landfill Juniper Ridge have filed a court document detailing plans to transport liquid waste 20 miles to another facility for processing.

Maine's fall foliage season may be shorter than usual this season due to the ongoing drought, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

A certain type of algal bloom on Maine lakes may be less harmful than previously thought. That's according to a recent study from Bigelow Labs and other partners.

Hannaford Supermarkets and Agri-Cycle have been partnering to prevent food waste in stores for the past 15 years. Hannaford spokesperson Zach Blanchard said statewide partnerships with food banks, shelters, and other organizations have allowed Hannaford to divert over 20 million pounds of food from landfills in this year alone.

The algal bloom that has been spreading off the Maine coast for weeks is shifting, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.

Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, is slowly losing its upper alpine habitat, according to a new study by researchers at Dartmouth and Appalachian Mountain Club.

Since the late 1700s, agriculture, development and forestry have cost Maine about 20% of its freshwater wetlands. But a law put in place nearly two decades ago is slowly helping to fund wetland restoration throughout the state, including in Kennebunk at the Smith Preserve.