Budget cuts in D.C. threaten closure of lab in Orono
Bangor Daily News - 3/28/2011.by Jamison Cocklin, special to the BDN. A research laboratory at the University of Maine and the 18 federal jobs that it provides are now in jeopardy after a recent round of funding cuts brought on by the budget impasse in Washington.
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Kid Safe Product Act Works
Bangor Daily News - 3/28/2011.Editorial. A few days after a legislative panel unanimously voted to adopt the Board of Environmental Protection’s ruling that BPA should be banned in children’s products, lawmakers will hear testimony to gut the law that made the BPA action possible. There is no reason to do this.
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Building sustainable communities, growing security
Bangor Daily News - 3/27/2011.Guest column by John Billings and Diana George Chapin. Recent events in the Middle East and Japan have caused many prudent Americans to reflect on our own state of preparedness. This — coupled with the precarious state of our economy — is causing anxiety about the future for many thinking people. As a shift in resource availability and economic turmoil threaten the globalist model, a local community model looks more and more desirable.
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