Senator King, U.S. EPA Deputy, business panel, tell audience cutting carbon is helping Maine NRCM news release Facts about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Twin Rivers case study Letter signed by more than 300 Maine businesses in support of climate action Nine-state letter to EPA in support of RGGI Portland, ME – About 150 Read More
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Maine Climate Warming Up Quickly, Analysis Shows
It’s tied with Vermont for the fastest rise in annual average temperature for all the states in the past 30 years, affecting wildlife, farmers and fishermen. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The climate has warmed in Maine and Vermont more than in every other state in the past 30 years, Read More
EPA Wants Maine Power Plants to Cut Emissions 13.5 Percent by 2030
By Darren Fishell, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Maine power plants to reduce emissions by 13.5 percent in 16 years, as part of a national plan to reduce emissions by 30 percent, from 2005 levels, by 2030. The proposed rule signed Monday by EPA Read More
Maine Officials Optimistic about Meeting New Carbon Limits
The regional effort to reduce emissions from power plants appears to put the state in a good position to meet proposed federal standards by 2030. By Kevin Miller, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine and other states in the Northeast appear well positioned to comply with proposed federal rules for carbon dioxide emissions Read More
Business, Conservation, and Citizen Leaders Gather to Herald Increasing Use and Benefits of Electric Cars in Maine
NRCM news release Portland, ME – Today, by a solar-powered electric car charging station, a diverse group of business and conservation leaders and citizen electric car owners gathered in Portland to recognize and celebrate the growing use of electric vehicles in Maine, as well as the tremendous benefits these vehicles can bring to our state. Read More
Report Shows Climate Change Hurting Next Generation of Maine Wildlife
Gray, ME – Future generations of America’s wildlife and our outdoor heritage are already being hurt by climate change, with urgent action needed at all levels to avoid catastrophic changes, according to a new National Wildlife Federation report. Wildlife Legacy: Climate Change and the Next Generation of Wildlife gives 15 examples of how climate change poses threats Read More
Global Warming Report Warns of Climate Disruption in Maine, New England
The threat is no longer in the distant future, it says, with the state facing coastal damage, changing fisheries, more heat waves, less healthy moose and more. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story TO LEARN MORE read the report at http://ncadac.globalchange.gov From fish migrations to stronger storms overwhelming aging infrastructure, global Read More
National Climate Assessment Demonstrates Urgent Need for Action
Statement of Dylan Voorhees, NRCM Clean Energy Director “This major report provides additional clear scientific evidence to match what Mainers are increasingly aware of from their daily lives: climate change is not a far off threat, but something that is already beginning to affect our communities. It shows definitively that we must take action now Read More
Creature Feature: Brook Trout
Mainers are lucky. Very lucky. Almost all of us live within a bike ride of streams or ponds where brook trout live.
