Wind farms accounted for nearly a quarter of the state’s total electricity production in December, thanks in part to the opening of the state’s largest wind farm to date in Bingham. by Christian Milne, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story In December 2016, Maine’s wind farms accounted for nearly a quarter of Maine’s total Read More
climate change
UNH, UMaine Climate Scientists: Trump Era Brings Challenges
By Deborah McDermott Seacoast Online news story This is a troubling time to be a climate scientist, say professors from the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine. It is a time of unease and uncertainty, they say, as the Trump administration signals research, data collection and scientific inquiry could be under attack. Read More
EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Does Not Reflect Maine Values on the Environment
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
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
Stand Up for Maine, Senator Collins
Scott Pruitt, the Trump nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), faces his first hurdle this Wednesday (February 1) when Congress’s Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) votes on his nomination. They will undoubtedly vote to recommend him. Maine’s Senator Susan Collins needs to make her move now. Pruitt’s record is a laundry list 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
