by Tom Bell, Portland Press Herald Writer Portland Press Herald news story A new law goes into effect today that makes Maine the first state in nation to require manufacturers to pick up the cost of recycling old TVs and computer monitors. Environmentalists say the law will encourage manufacturers to design products that are less Read More
Maine’s First-In-the-Nation Law Requiring Manufacturers to Pay to Recycle Electronic Waste Goes Into Effect
AUGUSTA, MAINE – Today Maine launched the first manufacturer-funded program in the nation designed to capture hazardous electronic waste for safe disposal and recycling. Under the law enacted in 2004, beginning January 18, municipalities will send waste computer and television monitors to consolidation centers that are fully-funded by manufacturers. The manufacturers also pay to safely Read More
Mercury Thermostat Sales Ban Started on January 1st
But 5,600 Pounds of Mercury Still on Walls of Maine Homes, Businesses News release Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine hosted a news conference at the Maine Hardware Store in Portland to inform Maine people about the new mercury thermostat sales ban that went into effect January 1, 2006, and to highlight the need Read More
What is Right for the River is Right for Maine
By Neil Ward, founding member of the Androscoggin River Alliance Lewiston Sun Journal DEP’s course correction holds hope for unleashing the true potential of the Androscoggin River. I applaud the recent move by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to revisit the International Paper discharge license issued last September. New pollution monitoring data from IP Read More
NRCM Response to the Citizen Solutions released by the Moosehead Region Future Committee
NRCM Statement NRCM supports the Moosehead Region Futures Committee statement that “Permanent conservation and sustainable community development are the bedrock foundations of the Moosehead Region’s future health and vitality.” NRCM supports this effort by residents of the Moosehead region to secure permanent conservation and sustainable development that is appropriately located and meshes with the character Read More
NRCM Releases Web-Based Flash Movie
“BIG MOOSETAKE: Plum Creek’s Plans to Spoil Moosehead” Augusta, Maine -Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine released a two-minute, web-based “flash movie” designed to inform Maine people about the large developments proposed by Seattle-based Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corporation in the Moosehead Lake region. View the movie, BIG MOOSETAKE: Plum Creek’s Plans to Read More
Buzz Caverly Receives Environmental Award
For protecting the wilderness character of Baxter State Park On a wall at the Natural Resources Council of Maine, we have displayed a quotation by Edward Abbey: “The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.” Wilderness found a defender in Buzz Caverly. Buzz was the guardian of Baxter State Park for Read More
Adam Lee Receives 2005 Environmental Award
For reducing air and greenhouse gas pollution by ensuring that cleaner, more efficient cars reach Maine consumers Adam Lee grew up in the car business. His grandfather started a small dealership in 1936, and his father began selling cars the day after he graduated from college in 1947. Today, Lee Auto Malls is one of Read More
W. Kent Olson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
For his pivotal role in securing lasting protection for Maine’s special places Acadia National Park. The Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Hog Island. Grand Lake Stream. Most Mainers associate Ken Olson with only one of these special places, Acadia. Yet, each of them—and many, many more—has been restored or enjoyed new protections as a result of Ken’s Read More
