🇨🇦 Here's how Maine's sludge is flowing across the border.
◉ Maine is facing a potential crisis as contaminated sludge is building up at wastewater plants due to a recent move by the operator of a state-owned landfill to dial back the amount of sludge stored there. Lawmakers will be briefed on the issue today, though no solution looked imminent early this week.
◉ Much of the state's sludge is being exported to New Brunswick. Fredericton-based Envirem Organics is the only company licensed in the province to handle the sludge, according to Radio-Canada. These imports are being criticized by some officials there, although the company can take 100,000 tons per year.
◉ Envirem's CEO told Radio-Canada that the increase in exports is expected to be short-term, expecting that Casella Waste Systems will be able to source enough waste that binds the sludge so it can increase landfill capacity.
📺 A Maine senator criticized a Fox News portrayal of the Capitol riots.
◉ After getting 41,000 hours of video from the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson began airing segments this week that show him "working to bend perceptions" closer to a narrative favoring former President Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported.
◉ This fits with efforts from Trump and House Republicans to downplay the riots, despite hundreds of arrests including serious sedition convictions for members of extremist groups. But several Republican senators criticized Carlson's portrayal on Tuesday, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine.
◉ “I was there all day in person on Jan. 6,” Collins told the Boston Globe. “From what I’ve heard, he very much misrepresents what was a full-scale riot, a scene of chaos, a dangerous situation, and an attempt to halt a peaceful transfer of power.” |
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