By Steve Mistler MPBN news story Gov. Paul LePage is sending letters to select donors of the state’s largest environmental organization urging them to end their financial support. The Natural Resources Council of Maine says the letters are taxpayer-funded harassment reaffirming the governor’s anti-environment record, and LePage may discover that the letters will have the Read More
State House Watch
Working for legislation to protect Maine’s environment is an essential part of NRCM’s mission for the people of Maine. During the legislative session, we are at the Maine State House, just a block from our office, to work for new safeguards and also to defend existing legislation that protects Maine’s land, air, water, and wildlife.
NRCM Says Gov. Paul LePage Sent Harassing Letters to Donors
by Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor Sun Journal news story AUGUSTA – The state’s largest nonprofit pro-environment group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, said Thursday Gov. Paul LePage has been sending letters to its donors that many consider harassment. LePage’s staff confirmed letters were sent to about 200 NRCM donors that are listed on Read More
LePage Rips Maine Environmental Group in Letter to Its Donors
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — The war of words between Gov. Paul LePage and the Natural Resources Council of Maine escalated Thursday, after the group castigated the governor for his recent letter to hundreds of the nonprofit organization’s donors. LePage’s May 27 letter repeated allegations he has Read More
Natural Resources Council Says LePage Sent Its Donors Harassing Letters
In letters sent to the council’s donors last week, the governor accused the organization of supporting ‘job-crushing, anti-business policies.’ By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — Maine’s largest environmental organization is accusing Gov. Paul LePage of waging a “smear campaign” and harassing donors by sending letters to supporters outlining what Read More
NRCM Blasts Gov. LePage for Wasting Tax Funds on His Smear Campaigns
Mainers Want Problem-Solving, Not Harassment NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) today called on Governor Paul LePage to stop spending Maine taxpayer money on his smear campaign against NRCM, which has featured an incendiary “Wanted” poster displayed at a Town Hall meeting in March, weekly attacks by the governor on NRCM Read More
Timeline of Governor LePage’s Attacks on NRCM
Starting in 2016, Maine’s then-Governor Paul LePage mentioned the Natural Resources Council of Maine by name more than 75 times in nearly two dozen speeches, interviews, communications, and Town Hall meetings—more frequently than he mentioned any other organization in Maine. Read full news release. March 8, 2016: Governor LePage radio address attacks NRCM by name five Read More
Big Solar Worked to Kill Maine Solar Energy Bill
Fearful that the bill would threaten their business model, national companies took steps that helped LePage and Republicans, at the expense of local solar installers and their Democratic allies. By Tux Turkel, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The Maine lawmakers who last month defeated a landmark bill that would have expanded solar energy Read More
The Six Republican ‘Walkers’ Who Killed Maine’s Solar Bill
By Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan Bangor Daily News op-ed This legislative session, we could have passed a historic solar bill into law. But too many House Republicans caved in to their leaders and the governor, throwing away that opportunity and all the jobs that would have come with it. LD 1649 would have made solar Read More
In the Coming War with LePage, My Bet’s on NRCM
By W. Kent Olson, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed He governs some of the people some of the time, takes a taxpayer salary all of the time, and steps away from lecterns, meetings, commissions, swearings-in, state-of-the-state addresses whenever moved to make a pointless point or is slighted, always whining, seething or both. Read More
