Let Folks Know about Your New Electric Vehicle Charger Installing electric vehicle chargers is a great way to help protect clean air, attract clients to your business, and provide a benefit to employees. Every year more Maine people—and visitors to Maine—are choosing to drive electric, and the choice gets easier with every publicly available charging Read More
My Maine This Week: Megan O’Donnell
Kennebunk Beach Sunrise by Megan O’Donnell “I live in Kennebunk and look forward to each morning sunrise. I make it a point to head down on my way to work. Every morning is a treasure,” writes Megan O’Donnell of Kennebunk. Do you have a special spot you go each day to watch the sunrise or Read More
Maine Adds Dozens of New Electric Vehicle Chargers to Growing Network
NRCM news release October 25, 2019 (Augusta, ME) — It just got easier for electric car drivers to travel throughout Maine thanks to two new high-speed charging stations opening today at the West Gardiner Service Plaza. These new “DC fast chargers” can provide hundreds of miles of range in as little as 15 minutes, just Read More
A Second Chance for the Moosehead Lake Region?
From 2004 through 2009, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) worked hard to stop Plum Creek’s sprawling development plan for the Moosehead Lake region. During a four-year permitting process that included extensive comments from NRCM, the plan was amended in many ways to reduce impacts on remote ponds and resources; significant conservation was required; Read More
My Maine This Week: Nina Lusterman
This week’s photo was taken by Nina Lusterman of Evanston, Illinois. “We were vacationing in Maine and were at Acadia National Park on a rainy day, so we took a drive to see the colors. We were amazed to see the spectacular display of flaming read blueberry fields along Route 193 north of Cherryfield, Maine.” Read More
Congressman Golden Calls for a Public Hearing on the Army Corps Review of CMP Transmission Corridor
NRCM News Release October 16, 2019 (Augusta, ME)—As Central Maine Power’s (CMP) controversial transmission corridor proposal continues to face delays and growing public opposition, Congressman Jared Golden issued a strong letter of concern this morning to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The letter highlights the Army Corps’ lack of transparency in its permitting process Read More
My Maine This Week: Dan Ker
NRCM member Dan Ker of Oakland, Maine, shares this beautiful photograph of sunset at Pemaquid Point, which he took earlier this month. Maine has had some spectacular sunrises and sunsets lately. Have you captured a colorful one recently on a visit to Maine or near your Maine home? If so, please share it with us Read More
My Maine This Week: Elizabeth Byrd Wood
One of the best times to live in Maine is autumn. That’s because we get to enjoy spectacular fall foliage throughout the state. Is foliage at its peak where you are? If so, please take some photos and send them to us. NRCM member Elizabeth Byrd Wood of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and China Lake, Maine, Read More
News & Noteworthy — July – September 2019
News & Noteworthy September 2019 Timber company dropping hotly contested Moosehead development plan The timberland company Weyerhaeuser is asking to terminate a massive rezoning plan for the Moosehead Lake region that was the focus of years of debate and regulatory battles over development in Maine’s North Woods. Gov. Mills wants Maine carbon-neutral by 2045. What Read More
