Majority of Rollbacks Rejected in Response to Overwhelming Opposition NRCM news release As the Legislature adjourned this week, it left behind a pile of defeated environmental rollback bills that were deemed too extreme and too strongly opposed by Maine people to be enacted into law. “More bills were introduced this session to weaken or repeal Read More
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Maine Sporting Groups Want Congressional Support for EPA Mercury Reduction Rule
Diverse groups agree it is time to end pollution from coal-burning power plants National Wildlife Federation A coalition of environmental, hunting, fishing, and shooting enthusiast groups from across the state today called upon the state’s Congressional delegation to support a new national rule to drastically reduce mercury pollution from coal-burning power plants. Ten local and Read More
Legislature Rolls Back Maine’s Statewide Building Code Despite Strong Opposition from Building Trades, Businesses, and Others
News Release The House voted today (76-71) to give final passage to a bill, LD 1416, that would exempt more than 400 cities and towns, with 40% of Maine’s population, from the Maine Uniform Building & Energy Code. The code provides consumer protection, increases energy efficiency and reduces heating oil costs for Maine people by Read More
House Endorses Flawed Study Process for LURC
Pete Didisheim, NRCM Advocacy Director “Maine people were poorly served today when the House of Representatives voted 75-65 to establish a flawed study commission on the future of the Land Use Regulation Commission. Lawmakers had two options before them – a Majority Report that we believe is rigged to reach a predetermined outcome of abolishing Read More
Maine Businesses Speak Out on Urgent Need for Energy Efficiency
NRCM News Release Today, at a State House news conference, a diverse group of Maine business leaders touted the role energy efficiency plays in reducing their costs and improving the health and competitiveness of their businesses. These leaders released a letter signed by nearly 250 Maine businesses, urging Maine lawmakers to “make energy efficiency a priority Read More
Maine Businesses for Energy Efficiency News Conference
Statement by Dylan Voorhees, NRCM Clean Energy Project Director Maine spends roughly $7 billion on energy every year – mostly for oil, gas and electricity. It is hard to be a lot more precise because, as we know from the last few years, energy prices can double in a matter of months, making energy expenses Read More
North Woods Supporters Denounce Bills to Abolish LURC & Weaken Protections
News Release Today, a group including North Woods landowners, foresters, a logger, a registered Maine Guide, and a planner denounced legislation that would abolish Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), saying the bills would destroy Maine’s North Woods, the largest undeveloped forest east of the Mississippi, by rolling back 40 years of protections. “The Governor Read More
Statement by Buzz Lamb, North Woods Camp Owner
My name is Buzz Lamb. I own land in two different counties in the unorganized townships, including a “camp” on Lobster Lake in Piscataquis County. I have been spending time in the unorganized townships for 68 years. I have been involved in state, local and county government over the years. I grew up in the Read More
Statement by Beth Della Valle, Maine Association of Planners, against LDs 17, 1258, and 1534
Distinguished Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry: My name is Beth Della Valle. I am here as President of the Maine Association of Planners to testify in opposition to LDs 17, 1258, and 1534. The Maine Association of Planners, or MAP, is a statewide organization of approximately 100 members, including Read More
