Senator Carson, Representative Tucker, and members of the Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee. My name is Nick Bennett, and I am the Staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s largest environmental advocacy group with more than 25,000 members and supporters. I am testifying in support of LD 1832, Read More
In Support of LD 1779, An Act To Establish Standards for Operation and Maintenance and Asset Management for Publicly Owned Treatment Works and Municipal Satellite Collection Systems
Senator Carson, Representative Tucker, and members of the Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee. My name is Nick Bennett, and I am the Staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s largest environmental advocacy group with more than 25,000 members and supporters. I am testifying in support of LD 1779, Read More
Support of LD 1894, An Act to Incentivize the Purchase of Electric Public School Buses
Senator Millett, Representative Kornfield, and other members of the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, my name is Sue Ely and I live in Yarmouth and work here in Augusta. I am the Climate and Clean Energy Staff Attorney for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), testifying on behalf of our more than 25,000 Read More
My Maine This Week: Rondi Nelson
Former NRCM Board member Rondi Nelson of Mount Vernon, Maine shares this beautiful photo she took on New Year’s Day. She calls this, “This is 2020!” and she writes, “There was really cool low mist over the lake this morning.” The lake she is referring to is Echo Lake in Mount Vernon, where she is Read More
LUPC Decision on CMP Corridor Ignores Harm Done to Maine
NRCM news release January 8, 2020 (Orono, ME) – Maine’s leading environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), issued the following statement from Clean Energy Staff Attorney Sue Ely regarding the decision today by the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) to certify to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that Central Read More
My Maine This Week: Soni Adams
The New Year brings us a new My Maine This Week photographer! This week’s photo was sent to us by Soni Adams, a summer resident of East Boothbay, Maine. She took this gorgeous photo of Green Island, off of Ocean Point, Maine, just before Christmas. She writes, “It reflects the rugged, cold beauty of Maine!” Read More
My Maine This Week: Max Miller
We welcome a new My Maine This Week photographer this week. This photo was taken in November by Max Miller of Thomaston, Maine. He captured this beautiful image of a sunset behind wild parsnip flowers, taken along Old County Road overlooking a small valley to West Meadow Road. You can follow Max on Instagram to Read More
Maine Environment Fall 2019 Newsletter
Maine Environment Fall 2019: What’s Inside! In this issue of Maine Environment, we feature an important story by NRCM Sustainable Maine Director Sarah Nichols about the fundamental problems Maine is facing in regard to recycling materials, and how we can fix it through an extended producer responsibility for packaging policy reform. Sarah talks about a new Read More
News & Noteworthy — October – December 2019
December 2019 Maine Public has a great look at the news that Hydro-Quebec has launched a PAC to spend big in support of its money-making CMP corridor project. Though CMP and HQ aim to spend huge sums to try and convince Mainers their destructive project is a good thing, they can’t erase the fact that Read More
