People who invest now will begin saving hundreds of dollars. by John Reuthe and Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Energy Team Central Maine newspapers op-ed Around the country, the use of solar power has been growing by leaps and bounds. In states like Massachusetts and California, solar is sold door to door, and it is as Read More
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Many Mainers Rallying to Support National Monument
By George Smith Bangor Daily News column Lots of Mainers are speaking up for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, and you also have an opportunity to do that. Now that President Trump has put the Monument on his “Review” list, at the request of our bombastic governor, it’s important that we all step up Read More
Katahdin Woods Monument’s Former Opponents Want Trump, LePage to Back Off
Some believe the federal review ordered by President Trump could have a negative effect on the area’s economy. by David Sharp, Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story Several former opponents of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument are now asking President Trump and Gov. Paul LePage to let it be. The national monument Read More
Rally in Bangor Opposes Overturning Katahdin Woods National Monument
by Renee Cordes MaineBiz news story A day after the start of the 60-day comment period on President Trump’s executive order calling for a review of national monuments created since 1996, three members of Maine’s congressional delegation joined with local business leaders in voicing opposition to overturning the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Three Read More
Business and Community Leaders Line Up in Opposition to Efforts to Overturn Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
News Release Bangor, ME – Maine business, community, and political leaders gathered today in Bangor to voice their opposition to efforts to overturn the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The group released letters to Maine’s Congressional delegation, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Governor Paul LePage strongly defending the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Read More
Supporters of Maine Monument Want Trump to Back Off
by A.J. Higgins Maine Public news story Members of the Katahdin-area business community want Maine and the nation to know that support for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is growing, even among those who initially opposed the 88,000-acre conveyance from Maine environmentalist Roxanne Quimby. Gail Fanjoy, president of the Katahdin Area Chamber of Read More
LePage Refused to Acknowledge National Monument’s Positive Impact
By Richard Schmidt, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Last week, I was sitting behind Gov. Paul LePage when he testified at the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing featuring the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Our governor’s representation of inland, rural, and northern Maine as nothing more than a clear-cut, mosquito-infested Read More
Former Critics Sign Letter Asking to Preserve Maine’s Monument
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story MILLINOCKET, Maine — With President Donald Trump targeting northern Maine’s national monument, Katahdin-area leaders who fiercely opposed its creation now say they want to keep it. Nineteen officials representing towns near the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument wrote Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Read More
Maine House Strongly Supports Putting Deposit on Miniature Liquor Bottles
By Mal Leary Maine Public news story For decades Maine has had a bottle redemption system for soda, beer and liquor bottles to encourage recycling and prevent littering of those containers. Now the Maine House has voted to expand the deposit law to include small liquor bottles called nips. Rep. Richard Campbell, a Republican from Read More