By Richard Nelson, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed I rose the other morning and began my preparations to head out on the water from Friendship Harbor to take up the my last load of lobster traps. My thoughts turned from from closing out my season to chuckling over my selection of boots Read More
Trump Should Fill His Open Mind with Climate Change Facts
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial President-elect Donald Trump has an open mind about climate change, he said in an interview on Sunday. With that open mind, he’ll want to turn his attention to a new study that warns that the Earth may be warming much faster than scientists previously believed. In Read More
My Maine This Week: Robin Hadlock Seeley
“I have lived in Maine all my life (62 years), and spent time in Camden as a child in the 1960s, but I had never climbed this high up the mountain. No matter how long you live in Maine, there are always beautiful and sacred places to explore for the first time. And thank those who Read More
In Fashion, Fickle Trends and Low Prices Translate to Enormous Waste
First we waste time shopping, then organizing overstuffed closets. Soon, we tire of the look and toss clothes away, generating guess what? More waste. by Ellen Taylor Portland Press Herald feature EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a monthly five-part series about a group of professors and staff at the University of Maine at Read More
Former President of Natural Resources Council of Maine Dies at 89
by Susan Sharon Maine Public news story One of the giants in Maine’s conservation movement has died. Clinton “Bill” Townsend, an attorney, river advocate, environmental watchdog and lifelong fishermen, passed away at his home in Canaan this week at the age of 89. Bill Townsend was one of the earliest members of the Natural Resources Read More
Maine Loses Environmental Champion: Bill Townsend
NRCM mourns the loss of one of our greatest leaders and earliest members, Bill Townsend Statement by NRCM Executive Director Lisa Pohlmann It is with great sadness that I share news of the passing of Clinton B. “Bill” Townsend, a tireless advocate for Maine’s environment for more than half a century. Bill was one of Read More
The Monument Has Incredible Potential. There Should be No Uncertainty about Its Future.
By Michelle Moody, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument — and the communities surrounding it — is a treasure with incredible potential, if only people are allowed to realize it. This summer, my local hiking group began planning a visit to the proposed national monument. We Read More
NRCM Calls on Collins, King to Reject Trump EPA Nomination of Scott Pruitt
Statement of Lisa Pohlmann, executive director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “Scott Pruitt, President-Elect Trump’s selection to lead the EPA, is an anti-science, anti-environment ideologue. Over the last decade, he has sued the EPA to challenge nearly every major environmental protection, from the landmark Clean Power Plan to rules that protect clean water to standards Read More
Trump Suddenly has an ‘Open Mind’ on Climate Change. We Hope He Means it.
By Harold W. Borns Jr. and Sharon S. Tisher, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed President-elect Donald Trump has denounced “climate change (global warming) bulls—-,” promised to dismantle the U.S. Climate Action Plan and Clean Power Plan and “ cancel” the Paris climate agreement. Now he claims an “open mind” when it comes Read More
