Sen. Susan Collins should join Sen. Angus King in pledging to reject Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. By Bill Houston Portland Press Herald op-ed KINGFIELD — Mainers hold clean air and water near and dear to their hearts. As a lifelong Mainer who trains young men and women to become outdoor leaders, I Read More
Federal Climate & Energy Issues
NRCM partners with Mainers, businesses, and other local organizations to push Congress and the federal government to take ambitious climate action that will create millions of new jobs, deliver home-grown clean energy to power our future, and protect our health.
Working together with our supporters, NRCM has successfully advocated for the largest investment in climate in U.S. history and billions in infrastructure funding to make our communities more resilient. Moving forward, we will continue to hold Congress accountable to their responsibility to accelerate the transition to clean energy to avert the worst impacts of climate change
It’s Possible to Reduce Carbon Emissions Without Sacrificing Economic Growth
By Tom Tietenberg, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed In 2005, Maine and eight other northeastern and mid-Atlantic states banded together to create the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon emissions. The initiative is a form of carbon pricing. It sets an annual cap on the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions Read More
NRCM TV Ads Urge Sen. Collins to Protect Maine By Rejecting Trump EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt
News release Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine launched a television ad campaign, urging Senator Susan Collins to oppose President Trump’s nominee to head EPA, Scott Pruitt. Pruitt is unfit to head the EPA for many reasons, including that he is beholden to corporate polluters and sued the EPA 14 times to stop air Read More
Mainers Need Susan Collins to Take a Stand for the Environment, and Against Scott Pruitt
The Trump nominee would reverse progress made to help the state at the EPA. by George Smith Bangor Daily News column It’s tempting to compare this to letting the fox into the chicken coop. But it’s much much worse than that. Because it’s our coop and our lives that will be in danger if Scott Read More
Collins Should Join King in Opposing EPA Nominee
A consistent ally of polluters, Scott Pruitt could undo environmental laws without due legislative process. Portland Press Herald editorial Maine’s climate is changing. You can see it in the native species that have been crowded out by invasive green crabs in places where the water used to be too cold. It’s behind the tick infestation Read More
Professors Recruit 700 Colleagues to Sign Letter to Trump on Climate Change
The letter, crafted by professors at Bowdoin and USM, urges President-elect Trump to “address the threat of climate change immediately.” by Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story More than 700 physics and astronomy faculty members from across the country have signed onto a letter written by three Maine professors urging President-elect Donald Read More
Broad Coalition of Mainers Urges Senators Collins and King to Reject Trump EPA Nominee, Scott Pruitt
News Release Portland, Maine – Today, a broad-based group of business, health, and conservation organizations and individuals announced their opposition to the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. The group sent a letter today to Senator Susan Collins, urging her to vote against Read More
Maine Sen. Angus King Says He’ll Vote Against Pruitt Nomination
Independent Maine Sen. Angus King says he will vote against President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
An EPA Administrator is Needed Who Will Help, Not Hurt Maine’s Environment
Donald Trump’s pick for EPA chief is bad for our state, its farms, fishing, wildlife and people. by Ralph Tucker, Special to the Press Herald Portland Press Herald op-ed About the Author Rep. Ralph Tucker, D-Brunswick, is co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. This holiday season, our Christmas tree farms were Read More