Winning Lawsuit Against Titan Sub Owner Could Be Difficult, Experts Say August 12, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the...
Debby Triggers Floods, Power Outages, Water Rescues in Rural MidAtlantic, Northeast August 11, 2024 By Patrick Whittle, Mark Scolforo, Michael Hill and David Sharp First responders launched high-water and helicopter rescues of people trapped in cars and homes in rural New York and Pennsylvania...
Why Vermont Keeps Flooding: It’s Complicated But Could Become the Norm August 7, 2024 By Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could...
Maine Provides Waterfront Communities With $21 Million to Rebuild From Winter Storms July 25, 2024 By Patrick Whittle Maine is providing more than $21 million in grants to help dozens of waterfront communities rebuild from a series of...
Disaster Aid Approved for April Snowstorm’s Millions in Damages in Maine May 30, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A powerful late-season snowstorm that caused millions of dollars in damage in Maine was a major disaster, the federal government...
Maine to Spend $25 Million to Rebuild Waterfront Damaged by Winter Storms May 20, 2024 By Patrick Whittle Maine waterfrontMaine’s government will spend tens of millions of dollars to rebuild the state’s working waterfront communities after a series...
Maine Alters ‘Yellow Flag’ Law, Expands Mental Health Care in Wake of Shootings April 30, 2024 By David Sharp and Patrick Whittle Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest...
Youth, Environmental Groups Sue Maine to Force Action on Climate April 25, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the...
Northeast Warned to Expect More Floods Like This Winter’s February 20, 2024 By Patrick Whittle After back-to-back storms lashed the Northeast in January, rental properties Haim Levy owns in coastal Hampton, New Hampshire, were hammered...
Lobstermen’s Suit Against Conservation Group Over ‘Do-Not-Eat’ List Dropped January 18, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England...