Winter hasn’t officially arrived yet, but the snow has! Karen Mairs of Mt. Vernon, Maine, captured this scene at a neighbor’s camp on Taylor Pond during the Thanksgiving snowstorm recently. Thank you, Karen! We’d love to see your snowy photos! Send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org if you’d like to be featured in My Maine Read More
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Maine Finalizes Nation-Leading EPR for Packaging Program
December 5, 2024 (Augusta, ME) – The Maine Board of Environmental Protection today finalized rules for a first-in-the-nation Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging law that will save taxpayers money and improve recycling by holding corporations accountable for the wasteful packaging they produce. “Today’s vote is great news for Maine taxpayers and our environment,” said Read More
News & Noteworthy—October – December 2024
December 2024 NRCM Sustainable Maine Program Manager Vanessa Berry is quoted in this Portland Press Herald article about the Board of Environmental Protection voting in support of Maine’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging rules. The bill to create Maine’s first-in-the-nation EPR for Packaging law, out of which these rules came, was signed into law Read More
My Maine This Week: Singing Meadow by Margot Stiassni
As December arrives and snow has fallen in parts of Maine for the first time this season, let’s get ready for winter and inspire you with these winter photos by NRCM member Margot Stiassni of Edgecomb, Maine. Margot shares her photos of sunset at Singing Meadow in Edgecomb, a Boothbay Regional Land Trust preserve, which Read More
NRCM Urges Senators Collins, King Not to Undermine Senate Confirmation Process for Nominees
November 25, 2024 (Augusta, ME) — Maine’s leading environmental advocacy organization today urged Senators Susan Collins and Angus King to insist that the full, deliberative “advice and consent” process be pursued in the U.S. Senate for nominees to federal agencies that play a critical role in helping protect Maine’s environment. The Natural Resources Council of Read More
My Maine This Week: Eastern Bluebirds by Ted Anderson
NRCM member Ted Anderson of Westbrook shared these wonderful photos he captured of some backyard visitors to his house, Eastern Bluebirds. Aren’t they beautiful? What birds are you seeing in your yard? Snap some pics and send them to us to share (nrcm@nrcm.org).
Updated Climate Action Plan is Opportunity for Maine to Lead
The Maine Climate Council released its updated Climate Action Plan (view PDF) today as is statutorily required under a bipartisan climate law passed in 2019. Since the first Climate Action Plan was published in 2020, the impacts of climate change have become more pronounced, causing damage to critical infrastructure, harm to local communities, and interruptions Read More
Critter Chatter – Reminiscing, Part II
As a follow-up to last month’s stroll down Memory Lane, here is another article Carleen Cote wrote in 2004: “Over our 40 years, we have cared for every species of Maine mammal except for the Pine Martin [sic]. We have cared for every species of water mammal. Caring for the mammals every year is one Read More
My Maine This Week: View from Borestone Mountain by David Preston
Last weekend in Maine was incredibly windy, but that didn’t stop NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer David Preston of China Village, Maine, from hiking to the top of Borestone Mountain. David writes, “We hiked Borestone Mountain yesterday and braved the cold wind for this great view of Sunrise and Midday Ponds Read More
