Administration Plan Developed in Private NRCM news release Read full report. Reference documents for report. According to a new investigative report issued today by the Natural Resources Council of Maine, the LePage Administration over the past two years privately developed a plan to dramatically increase logging on Maine’s public lands without disclosing the plan to Read More
Governor Paul LePage
LePage Details Support of Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline Project in Letter to John Kerry
by Christopher Cousins, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s endorsement of the controversial Keystone pipeline project, which he detailed in a March 3 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, added new fuel to a long-term debate about bringing tar sands oil through Maine. At issue is a Read More
Statement in Response to Governor LePage’s News Conference Today about Maine’s Environment
NRCM news release, statement by Lisa Pohlmann Maine needs healthy people and a healthy environment. To pit one against the other is disingenuous and misleading. Governor LePage has had the weakest environmental record of any governor in recent history, so this sudden concern about the effect of MaineCare spending on natural resource agency budgets seems Read More
Change of Heart? Maine Gov. Convenes Climate Change Group
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story Gov. Paul LePage, who has previously referred to global warming as “a scam,” and who has said he’s not convinced that human activities are a significant contributor to greenhouse gases, is now asking the Department of Environmental Protection and other state agencies to take steps — albeit small ones Read More
Maine Lakes at Risk
Damage caused to the State of Maine’s lake protection efforts under the Administration of Governor LePage.
Maine Lakes at Risk from LePage Administration
Report Documents Damage to DEP’s Lake Protection Efforts NRCM Press Release The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) today released an investigative report documenting damage caused to the State of Maine’s lake protection efforts under the Administration of Governor LePage. Although Maine’s lakes are among our state’s most valuable natural resources, the NRCM report finds Read More
Maine Should Not Let Pollution Standards Slip
The state has too much to lose by backing out of a regional agreement to control emissions. Maine Sunday Telegram editorial The height of the tourist season is an odd time to get into a big fight over relaxing Maine’s clean air standards. Millions come here to experience our lakes, mountains and seashore, and they Read More
Opponents Rip LePage Plan to Diminish Maine’s Role in Anti-smog Efforts
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Opposition is mounting to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to limit Maine’s role in a 13-state initiative designed to curb the production of smog under the federal Clean Air Act. Numerous environmental groups and legislative Democrats weighed in against the proposal on Read More
LePage Administration Proposes Weakening Smog Regulations
The proposed changes seek to exempt some industrial polluters from several measures aimed at reducing ground-level ozone. By Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to weaken one of the state’s key anti-smog regulations. The proposed changes would exempt major new or newly-upgraded industrial polluters Read More
