AUGUSTA, Maine – Today, at a news conference and public hearing, public health and conservation advocates strongly criticized a proposal by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that would roll back pollution standards that protect Maine’s air from harmful smog and other air pollution. In his final months in office, the LePage Administration is Read More
My Maine This Week: Vivienne Lenk and Walter Mugdan
Enjoy these beautiful photos taken at Black Point, Lily Bay, and at Medawisla, all on Maine’s spectacular Moosehead Lake. Photos by NRCM members Vivienne Lenk and Walter Mugdan of Little Neck, New York. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine wildlife or scenic Maine landscapes to share? If so, please send them to us at Read More
Maine Shouldn’t Go Backward on Ozone Regulations
Bangor Daily News editorial Ozone is harmful, sometimes deadly, pollutant. Maine has worked with 11 other states to our west and south to successfully reduce ozone levels. But the pollutant remains problematic, especially in the summer when the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issues warnings about high ozone levels encouraging people at risk for respiratory Read More
What Will Maine Get Out of It? Groups Skeptical about CMP’s Hydropower Plan
By Fred Bever Maine Public news story Central Maine Power’s proposal to bring a massive amount of electricity from Canada through western Maine to Massachusetts will lower electricity costs throughout the region, and ease winter-time price spikes as well; at least, that’s the pitch Massachusetts officials are making to regulators there. But there are many Read More
Judge Tosses Challenge of Order Halting Wind Turbines
by Marina Villeneuve, The Associated Press Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — A judge has tossed a legal challenge of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s executive order halting wind turbine permits in parts of Maine, while leaving the door open to revisit the topic. Superior Court Justice Andrew Horton said in his decision Friday Read More
My Maine This Week: Susan Downing
“Five Acres” in Lyman, Maine taken last year before the corn was harvested. This photo was sent to us from Susan Downing of Kennebunk, Maine. Thank you, Susan! Do you have beautiful photos of Maine wildlife or scenic Maine landscapes to share? If so, please send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org. To learn more about Read More
Food Businesses Trending Away from Single-use Plastic Items
by Laurie Schreiber Mainebiz news story Increasing numbers of Maine food businesses and lodgings are putting themselves in the forefront of national and international trends to switch out from petroleum-based items like straws, to-go containers and disposable cups and plates, to eco-friendly compostable versions. The Migis Hotel Group switched from plastic drinking straws to paper Read More
Fish and Wildlife Department Critical of CMP Plan
By George Smith Bangor Daily News column Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has stepped up big time to criticize Central Maine Power’s proposal to construct a massive new transmission line through Maine to move electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts. The good people of New Hampshire rejected CMP’s proposal, so they’ve moved it to Read More
My Maine This Week: 12-spotted Skimmer by Leda Beth Gray
This photo of a 12-spotted skimmer was taken by NRCM member Leda Beth Gray of Blue Hill, Maine. Leda Beth captured this beautiful image at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. According to the Moosehorn NWR website, the “National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and Read More
