Eight members of a legislative committee are calling on the Department of Environmental Protection to withhold a permit for the controversial waste-to-energy project until concerns over state law and funding are addressed. By Madeline St. Amour, Staff Writer Central Maine newspapers news story A controversial proposal to build a waste-to-energy plant in Hampden that would handle 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.
Why Do LePage and the NRCM Keep Fighting?
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — The war of words — and recently letters — between Gov. Paul LePage and the Natural Resources Council of Maine has been simmering for years but reached a boil lately with LePage trying to interfere in the organization’s donor pool and the Read More
LePage Offers to Meet with Leader of Natural Resources Council of Maine
But the way the invitation is announced – and the response from the group’s executive director – highlights the chilly relations between the governor and Maine’s largest environmental group. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage has invited the head of the Natural Resources Council of Maine to meet Read More
LePage Launches New Salvo Against Environmental Group
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage continued confronting the Natural Resources Council of Maine, accusing them Wednesday of “playing to the media” and inviting the group’s director, Lisa Pohlmann, to meet with him. LePage, critical of a news conference held by the NRCM last week Read More
NRCM Response to Governor’s June 8 Radio Address
Governor LePage has asked to meet with me and I am certainly prepared to do so, and I will bring with me some of the people in Maine who strongly believe that a clean environment is essential for a healthy Maine economy. In January 2011, we invited the governor to attend a roundtable on the Read More
LePage Invites Natural Resources Council Director to a Sit-down
The invitation comes after the governor sent letters to the council’s donors suggesting they were supporting a group that is harming Maine’s economy. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage said he invited the head of the Natural Resources Council of Maine to meet with him to discuss ways Read More
LePage Keeps a List of NRCM Donors? This Reminds Us of Other Shady Politicians.
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Gov. Paul LePage has made no secret of his enemies list. It includes highly respected Republican state Sen. Roger Katz, the media and the state’s teachers union. He ratcheted up the hatred this spring with wanted posters featuring people who work for the Maine People’s Alliance, Read More
Gov. LePage Turns Middle Ground into Battlefield
Instead of trying to win an argument, LePage would rather silence the opposition. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial The thousands of people who donate every year to the Natural Resources Council of Maine don’t need Gov. LePage to tell them what the organization does. On issue after issue, the Natural Resources Council Read More
Environmental Group Calls LePage Letter to Members “Smear Campaign”
by John Krinjak WABI-TV news story A Maine environmental group says a letter Governor Paul LePage sent to its members is a “smear campaign.” Last week, LePage sent letters to donors to the Natural Resources Council of Maine informing them of what he called the organization’s, quote “true intent.” In the letter, he slams NRCM’s policies Read More
