Read more about tar sands in South Portland Read public comments by NRCM’s Lisa Pohlmann at final South Portland City Council vote News Release Portland—In a historic vote, the South Portland City Council last night voted 6-1 to pass the Clear Skies Ordinance to protect the city from a tar sands crude oil terminal. The Read More
My Maine This Week: Erik Bartlett
This photo was taken two years ago at Panther Run in Raymond. That’s just off Rt. 302 at the junction with Rt. 85. Panther Run the outlet for Panther Pond, and flows under Rt. 302 and into Sebago Lake. It was a great year for these, as there were two Canada goose pairs, and about Read More
Stopping the Tar Sands Pipeline
Tar sands rally on Maine State Pier, January 26, 2013 Tar sands oil is the dirtiest and most climate-destructive form of oil in the world. Extracted from huge open-pit mines in Alberta, Canada, tar sands oil is 20% more carbon intensive than conventional crude oil. When it spills, it is almost impossible to clean up. Read More
NRCM Deeply Disappointed in BEP Vote on Thomaston Cement Plant
Statement of Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Project Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine NRCM news release NRCM is deeply disappointed in today’s Board of Environmental Protection vote, which would allow the Dragon Cement Company in Thomaston to increase its emissions of toxic mercury by 70%, reversing nearly two decades of work by Maine to reduce Read More
Grand Lake Stream Guides Association Should Help Restore Access of Native Fish to St. Croix River
Anadromous fish such as alewives were native to the river before dams were built, two studies show. By Clinton B. Townsend Portland Press Herald op-ed J.R. Mabee, of the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association, once again raised the hoary and incorrect assertion that alewives were not historically present in the upper St. Croix River basin, Read More
My Maine This Week: Rick Van de Poll
These photos were sent to us by NRCM member Rick Van de Poll of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire. Click on each photo to enlarge. He says, “The Loon Echo Land Trust requested that I conduct a rapid ecological assessment of their Pleasant Mountain properties in 2010-11. The following photographs are from this project. All photos Read More
Report: Offshore Wind Power Within Reach for Maine
State Leadership Needed to Benefit Ratepayers, Create Jobs, Cut Pollution News Release by the Natural Resources Council of Maine, National Wildlife Federation, and Environment Maine July 10, 2014 Augusta, ME – More than 1.5 million acres off the Atlantic coast have been designated for offshore wind power development, enough to produce more than 16,000 megawatts Read More
My Maine This Week: Paul Breeden
“SEASIDE SUNSET” Skies in Downeast Maine rival those of Arizona, but we have the added bonus of watery reflections. This is Sorrento Harbor with Mt. Desert Island in the distance. – Photo by Paul Breeden of Sullivan, Maine
At the Maine Moose Permit Lottery
by NRCM member Alice Bolstridge The headline of a recent Bangor Daily News article reads “Maine to reduce moose hunt permits by 25 percent because winter ticks have taken toll on herd.” I had no idea that ticks have already had such a toll on Maine’s moose. I had heard about declining moose populations in New Read More
