By Marina Villeneuve The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage and powerful environmental lobbyists are among those weighing in on the future of a Maine policy that gives bill credits to solar system owners for the retail value of the excess energy they feed back into the grid. LePage calls the Read More
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Protecting the Environment is Not a Partisan Issue, Natural Resources Council Leader Says
by Lisa Pohlmann Portland Press Herald opinion piece AUGUSTA — Summer is here, and Mainers and visitors are enjoying the splendor of our rivers, lakes, parks, coasts, mountains, forests and wildlife. Meanwhile, Gov. LePage is attacking Maine’s environment. The governor has publicly declared war on the Natural Resources Council of Maine, but there should be Read More
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
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
