A poll conducted two weeks ago by Portland-based Critical Insights shows that Maine voters overwhelming oppose specific environmental rollback proposals now before the Maine Legislature, including efforts to weaken shoreland zoning, the bottle bill, and Maine’s energy building code. The survey finds that Maine voters place a high priority on protecting our land, water and air; Read More
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The Natural Resources Council of Maine creates news releases on issues related to our work. We are a nonprofit membership organization protecting, restoring, and conserving Maine’s environment, now and for future generations. We release news as necessary to inform our members, the general public, businesses, and others about threats and opportunities related to Maine’s environment. Often, these news releases are coupled with press conferences, and, as opportunity arises, they include steps people can take to get involved or take action. For more than 50 years, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has been protecting the places and way of life that make Maine so special.
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Mt. Vernon Resident Wins 2011 NRCM Environmental Award
Augusta, ME — The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is pleased to announce that Sandra Wright of Mt. Vernon has won a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award, for her work engaging her members of her community in legislative action. (Read full citation at end of this page.) “For future generations to know and enjoy the Read More
Well Known Naturalist Receives NRCM Environmental Award
Augusta, ME — Well known naturalist and Hampden resident Judy Kellogg Markowsky was given a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement. Judy, who passed away in August, was known and loved for her work as an environmental educator, sharing her knowledge of birds, insects, plants, and other creatures in the Penobscot River watershed with Read More
Brownie Carson Honored with 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement
For a lifetime of dedication, vision, and success, NRCM has awarded Carson, of Harpswell, a 2011 NRCM Environmental Award for Lifetime Achievement. For 27 years, Brownie Carson was not just the heart and soul of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), he was the face of environmental advocacy in Maine. His extraordinary leadership was Read More
Belfast Co-Housing Project Wins NRCM’s 2011 People’s Choice Award
Augusta, ME — The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is pleased to announce that the Belfast Co-housing and Ecovillage is this year’s winner of the NRCM People’s Choice Award, for their tireless work to establish a model cohousing community. (Read full citation at end of this page.) “Belfast Co-housing and EcoVillage members have pursued Read More
Pipeline Project Could Turn Maine Into ‘Dirty Tar Sands Oil’ Capital of the Eastern U.S.
NRCM Joins Protest of Phase I of “Trailbreaker” Pipeline NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine has joined with four other environmental organizations in an effort to block a Canadian pipeline project that could make Portland, Maine, the “tar sands capital” of the eastern United States. The groups have sent a letter that calls Read More
Study Commission for Maine’s North Woods Criticized as “Rigged from the Start”
NRCM news release The Natural Resources Council of Maine and Environment Maine today expressed deep concern that a study commission on the future of Maine’s North Woods will not provide an objective assessment, but instead has been stacked with people who are determined to abolish Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC). The 13 members of Read More
Lawsuit Challenges Clean Air Act Exemption for Biomass Burners
Clean Air Task Force Washington — Conservation groups filed suit today challenging an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempts biomass-burning facilities from carbon dioxide limits under the Clean Air Act for the next three years. The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Georgia ForestWatch, Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Wild Virginia are asking Read More
EPA Announces New Power Plant Pollution Cuts That Will Save Lives and Help Mainers Breathe Easier
Improved Clean Air Standards to Curb Air Pollution that Pours into Maine from States to Our South and West AUGUSTA— Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updated clean air standards that will protect public health by targeting air pollution that crosses state borders and will make it easier for states like Maine to protect Read More
