DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a> citizens rally in opposition to proposed expansion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidgeLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidgeLandfill</span></a></p><p>Jul. 18, 2025 </p><p>OLD TOWN/ALTON, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> (WABI) - "Penobscot Nation citizens rallied across the Penobscot County court Friday afternoon in opposition to a proposed expansion to Maine’s largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landfill</span></a>.</p><p>"The rally was in response to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationLawFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationLawFoundation</span></a> and the Penobscot Nation appealing an expansion to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidgeLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidgeLandfill</span></a>, which will allow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CasellaWasteSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CasellaWasteSystems</span></a> to expand Juniper Ridge by 11.9 million cubic yards.</p><p>"According to members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a>, the expansion would pose a threat to surrounding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a> due to concerns of air and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a> surrounding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotRiver</span></a> from the landfill.</p><p>"Speakers at the rally represented citizens of the Penobscot Nation, the Wabanaki Alliance, as well as the environmental groups <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Slingshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slingshot</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontWasteME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontWasteME</span></a>.</p><p>" 'It is incredibly powerful to see the number of people out here in opposition to this expansion and support of this appeal. We know the time for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> is now. We need to turn the tide towards <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZeroWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroWaste</span></a>,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DanaColihan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanaColihan</span></a>, Co-Executive Director of environmental group Slingshot.</p><p>" 'I just hope that the state can get serious about actual environmental justice, and Casella can implement some practices that it make it so that they don’t have to bring out of state waste to stabilize our sludge, and really find solutions instead of creating more problems with us,' stated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaulianBryant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaulianBryant</span></a>, Executive Director of the Wabanaki Alliance."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2025/07/18/penobscot-nation-citizens-rally-opposition-proposed-expansion-juniper-ridge-landfill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wabi.tv/2025/07/18/penobscot-n</span><span class="invisible">ation-citizens-rally-opposition-proposed-expansion-juniper-ridge-landfill/</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Casella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Casella</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanakik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineNews</span></a></p>