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Marine Resources commissioner says agency is pulling proposed amendment to Kennebec River Management Plan
The agency will start again to create a fisheries management plan that will likely take into consideration the information it received from more than 1,100 comments, the most it has ever seen.
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The 170-mile long Kennebec River starts at Moosehead Lake and flows to the Atlantic Ocean. The Maine Department of Marine Resources is taking a step back from its amendment to the river plan that calls for the possible removal of four dams owned by a Canadian company, including the Lockwood Dam in the foreground and the Hydro Kennebec Dam in the distance.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 03 April 2019
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There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of either US Covid metric: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than the prior week, and down 74.7% from the peak week in late January.
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A Maine judge has ruled that a Falmouth woman with impaired vision can take the ride-sharing app Uber to court over a claim that it discriminated against her by refusing to allow her guide dog in the vehicle when she was picked up for a ride.
Uber had asked the judge to rule that the case would have to go to arbitration.
Kristin Aiello, the woman’s lawyer, argued against such a ruling and said Uber might have been able to argue that it was not covered by Maine and federal anti-discrimination laws if the case had gone to arbitration. That would not be the case in court.
Lawsuit over Uber driver s refusal of guide dog can go on
April 7, 2021
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FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) A judge in Maine has ruled that a woman who has impaired vision can go ahead with a claim against Uber, which she has said discriminated against her by refusing to allow her guide dog into a vehicle.
The lawsuit stretches back to 2015, when Patricia Sarchi, of Falmouth, sought a ride from Uber to an appointment in Portland. The driver refused to take the guide dog, and Sarchi filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The commission sided with Sarchi in 2019, and her attorney said she later sued in Maine Superior Court. Uber argued that the judge should rule the case would have to go to arbitration.
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