Statement by Pete Didisheim, NRCM Senior Director, Advocacy We are here today to bring attention to the most serious and sweeping set of proposed rollbacks of Maine’s environmental laws that we have ever seen. We’re no longer talking just about the governor’s proposed rollbacks of the safeguards that provide us with clean air, clean water, Read More
Sweeping Anti-Environment Agenda Emerges at State House
Record Number of Rollback Bills Proposed to Weaken Environmental Safeguards News release At a State House news conference today, a broad range of people spoke out in strong opposition to dozens of bills introduced by lawmakers that would repeal or weaken laws that protect Maine’s environment and the health of Maine people. Although the governor’s Read More
NRCM Responds to Gov. LePage’s “Callous Disregard for the Health of Women and Children”
NRCM news release Governor LePage’s comment about his opposition to the ban on the toxic chemical BPA (Bisphenol-A): “The only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is Read More
Maine Governor’s Bisphenol-A Remark Draws Rebukes
by Susan Sharon MPBN radio news story Recent remarks by Gov. Paul LePage about what he perceives as a lack of science surrounding the chemical bisphenol A and its role as a hormone disruptor is once again making headlines around the country and generating a strong and critical response from environmental and health policy groups. Read More
Business Leaders Unveil Criteria for Evaluating LD 1 Proposals
Lawmakers Urged to Use Five Common Sense Guidelines to Sort through Reforms News release At a State House news conference today, before a crowd of people from all corners of Maine, a group of businessmen and women endorsed a set of guiding principles that could help lawmakers sort through the raft of proposals for “regulatory Read More
Creature Feature: Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle, also known as the American eagle since it occurs only here, is especially noticeable in winter, when eagles from the North and West move to the coast, where the climate is milder and the coastal waters are free of ice. In the winter they roost and hunt in groups, feeding in open water along large tidal rivers of the Maine coast, or perched on frozen ice in search of discards from the fishing shacks.
LePage’s Secret Puppeteers
by Colin Woodward The Portland Phoenix news story It was no surprise that Governor Paul LePage would seek to reform Maine’s environmental regulations. He campaigned on a pledge to “get government out of the way” to “allow Maine’s small businesses to create jobs.” After the election, his transition team put together a series of “Red Read More
Environmentalist’s Retirement ‘Not the Exit I Anticipated’
Friday was not the last day on the job Everett “Brownie” Carson expected. by Bill Nemitz Maine Sunday Telegram column When he decided back in May it was time to step down as executive director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Carson thought his departure would be a celebration of all the organization has Read More
Critics: LePage’s Proposed Regulatory Reforms “Extreme”
by Susan Sharon MPBN radio news story The LePage administration has released a list of proposed regulations targeted for outright repeal, relaxation or reform and environmentalists are calling it “extreme” and “reckless.” Some of the proposals will require legislative approval. Others could be done by administrative rule-making. In either case, alarms are being sounded on Read More
