by Jon Hinck, NRCM toxics project director Thank you for the opportunity to present comments in favor of LD 1379 on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (Council). I am Jon Hinck and work on wind siting and policy issues for the Council. I live in Portland. The Council is a public interest, Read More
The Education of Brownie Carson
2005 Down East Environmental Award Winner by Jeff Clark Down East magazine May 2005 Over the last twenty-one years this distinguished Vietnam vet has learned how to work with countless Mainers to preserve what makes the state unique. In 1984, when Everett “Brownie” Carson was hired as executive director of the Natural Resources Council of Read More
Support of LD 1157, An Act To Protect Children from Toxic Chemicals in Schools
by Jon Hinck, NRCM toxics project director Good afternoon Senator Cowger, Representative Koffman, and members of the Natural Resources Committee. My name is Jon Hinck. I am Staff Attorney and Toxics Project Director with the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM supports LD 1157 and encourages the Committee to vote “Ought to Pass” on Read More
Response to Plum Creek Development Proposal Announced
NRCM news release Statement by Cathy Johnson, NRCM North Woods Project Director The Moosehead Lake area is a gem for local residents, and for people across the state and the nation. There is nothing that we would like better than to see this area of the state permanently protected. The spectacular mountaintops, undeveloped ponds and Read More
NRCM’s Brownie Carson to be Honored for Conservation Leadership in Washington, DC
National Wildlife Federation * Natural Resources Council of Maine news release Reston, VA (March 31) – The nation’s leading conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife is honoring Everett “Brownie” Carson, executive director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, with its National Conservation Achievement Award for exemplary leadership in protecting wildlife and natural resources. Brownie Read More
16,896 Mercury-laden Car Switches Collected Under Maine’s Landmark Program!
NRCM news release At the urging of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, in 2002 Maine lawmakers passed a first-in-the-nation law to require carmakers to pay to collect harmful mercury switches from junked cars before scrapping them. Maine’s car mercury switch law was challenged in court by the carmakers, but the law prevailed. In December Read More
Brownie Carson Honored for 20 Years at Helm of Natural Resources Council
A voice FOR the wilderness by Elizabeth Dorsey Times Record BRUNSWICK – Brownie Carson knows an environmental law can be repealed. He knows that a restored landscape can be contaminated again. But when a hydroelectric dam falls, there isn’t anyone who’s going to build it back up again. This is what Carson was thinking on Read More
Peter Brann and Ben Lund Receive 2004 Environmental Award
The Natural Resources Council of Maine recognizes with deep appreciation their efforts to defend Maine’s environment in the courts. Peter Brann and Ben Lund, partners in the Lewiston-based law firm of Brann & Isaacson, have brought their considerable professional skills, tenacity, and love of Maine to a necessary part of the advocacy process—using the courts Read More
Harry Dwyer and Andy Irish Receive 2004 Environmental Award
The Natural Resources Council of Maine recognizes with deep appreciation their extraordinary efforts to protect Maine’s forests. Liquidation logging—also called “cut and run” logging—is logging with no care for the future. Liquidators churn through the landscape—buying land, stripping off all the valuable timber, and selling it again within a short period of time. Liquidation logging Read More
