Large Crowd Speaks Out Against Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products NRCM and its partners in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine (AUGUSTA) The latest stop on the train carrying Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Law to full implementation was the Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) – a group that seldom sees large crowds at its Read More
Plum Creek Paid Legal Fees of Supporters
The money helped its allies be part of the Moosehead plan review, the company says, but critics say it unfairly influenced the process. by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Plum Creek Timber Co. paid tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees for groups that supported its development plan in the Read More
Joint Comments of NRCM, Maine Audubon, and AMC to LURC Regarding Expansion of Expedited Permitting Area
To: Commissioners, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission cc: Marcia Spencer-Famous, Catherine Carroll Dear LURC Commissioners: We have been following the Commission’s discussions around TransCanada’s rulemaking petition and are encouraged that the Commission recognizes that TransCanada’s petition to expand the expedited permitting area will set important precedents for how all future petitions are considered. We appreciate that Read More
Plum Creek’s Payments to Supporters Raising Questions
by Susan Sharon Maine Public Radio news story Opponents of the controversial Plum Creek development project are raising questions about the fact that the company has paid groups that testified in support of the project before state regulators. In addition, a company spokesman also acknowledged today that Plum Creek has now paid $1.7 million to Read More
Revised Land Use Guidelines Proposed
LURC mulls changes after public feedback by Kevin Miller Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Staff at the Land Use Regulation Commission are recommending numerous minor alterations but no major substantive changes to the latest draft of the comprehensive plan that guides policy decisions within the Unorganized Territory. LURC staff made the changes Read More
Maine Sportsmen Call on Senators Snowe and Collins to Lead Passage of Federal Climate Change Legislation
Leaders of Maine’s sporting traditions say Maine’s hunting and fishing heritage and economy depends on passing strong climate and energy legislation NRCM news release BREWER, Maine—Gathered in force today at a historic sporting clubhouse on the banks of the Penobscot River, leaders of Maine’s hunting and fishing traditions joined scientists, current and former state officials, Read More
Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Wind Power
And passage of federal climate and energy legislation NRCM news release A recent poll conducted by Portland-based Critical Insights shows that 90% of Maine people support the development of wind power as a source of electricity. Nearly nine in ten Mainers agree that wind power can improve energy security and reduce Maine’s dependence on fossil Read More
Got Your Bags, Maine?
NRCM Statement at the Kickoff Press Conference for “Got Your Bags, Maine?” by Matt Prindiville, NRCM Clean Production Project Director “Mainers use and dispose of more than 700 million shopping bags a year. That’s more than two million bags thrown away every single day. These bags end up in landfills, on our streets as litter, Read More
Award Recognizes the Visionary Behind the Brush
Painter Evelyn Dunphy of West Bath is honored for her work protecting Maine’s wilderness. by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Evelyn Dunphy has moved mountains with her watercolors, say her admirers. The painter from West Bath is widely known and admired for her paintings of Maine landscapes, especially Mount Katahdin. She Read More