Governor LePage has asked to meet with me and I am certainly prepared to do so, and I will bring with me some of the people in Maine who strongly believe that a clean environment is essential for a healthy Maine economy. In January 2011, we invited the governor to attend a roundtable on the Read More
LePage Invites Natural Resources Council Director to a Sit-down
The invitation comes after the governor sent letters to the council’s donors suggesting they were supporting a group that is harming Maine’s economy. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage said he invited the head of the Natural Resources Council of Maine to meet with him to discuss ways Read More
LePage Keeps a List of NRCM Donors? This Reminds Us of Other Shady Politicians.
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial Gov. Paul LePage has made no secret of his enemies list. It includes highly respected Republican state Sen. Roger Katz, the media and the state’s teachers union. He ratcheted up the hatred this spring with wanted posters featuring people who work for the Maine People’s Alliance, Read More
Portland is “Connected By Nature”
The City of Portland is developing a well-deserved reputation as one of the most sustainable cities in the nation. This reputation hasn’t happened overnight, or without the help of many of the citizens, businesses, and progressive thinkers in and around Maine’s largest city. A few months ago, the Natural Resources Council of Maine released an Read More
My Maine This Week: Patricia Day Williams
“I took this photo of Russell Pond in Baxter State Park late last summer.” Photo by NRCM member Patricia Day Williams of Alexandria, Virginia To see past My Maine This Week photos, or to submit a photo of your own to be featured on our website, please visit www.nrcm.org/our-maine/my-maine-this-week.
Gov. LePage Turns Middle Ground into Battlefield
Instead of trying to win an argument, LePage would rather silence the opposition. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial The thousands of people who donate every year to the Natural Resources Council of Maine don’t need Gov. LePage to tell them what the organization does. On issue after issue, the Natural Resources Council Read More
Environmental Group Calls LePage Letter to Members “Smear Campaign”
by John Krinjak WABI-TV news story A Maine environmental group says a letter Governor Paul LePage sent to its members is a “smear campaign.” Last week, LePage sent letters to donors to the Natural Resources Council of Maine informing them of what he called the organization’s, quote “true intent.” In the letter, he slams NRCM’s policies Read More
Gov. LePage Accused of Sending Harassing Letters
WGME-TV news story The governor is accused of sending harassing letters to donors of Maine’s largest environmental group, a group he’s clashed with for years. The governor mailed this letter to about 200 people who donate to the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Recipients say it’s intimidating, while the governor’s office calls it informative. Jake Read More
McCarthy of the Great Woods: Unhinged Maine Governor Targets Donors of Local Green Group
‘This seems like something Sen. Joseph McCarthy would have done in the 1950s, not a governor of Maine in 2016’ by Nika Knight, staff writer Common Dreams news story “Last week the governor’s office was scouring the Internet for the addresses of NRCM members so he could send them a harassment letter, but next week Read More
