Senator Rosen, Representative Flood, Sen. Thomas, Representative Collins and distinguished members of the Joint Select Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Committee on State and Local Government. My name is Pete Didisheim. I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate this opportunity to provide testimony on Read More
Opposition to LD 1810, An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Committee To Review Issues Dealing with Regulatory Takings
Senator Hastings, Representative Nass, and members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Pete Didisheim. I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate the opportunity to testify in opposition to LD 1810. I served as a member of the regulatory takings study committee. On January 24, 2012, Representative Read More
Opposition to LD 1405, An Act to Amend the Laws Restricting Advertising on Public Ways
Senator Collins, Representative Cebra, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate this opportunity to testify in opposition to LD 1405. This bill would dramatically increase the allowed size, height, width, and locations of “on-premises” Read More
Opposition to LD 1367, Which Would Remove Maine’s Billboard Ban
Senator Collins, Representative Cebra, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate this opportunity to testify on LD 1367 – “An Act to Restore Maine’s Secondary Roads.” We oppose Section 7 and Section 13 of Read More
Moving Away From Coal and Toward Solar and Wind
Although the coal, oil, and utility lobby spent $500 million over the past two years to defeat comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation, the shift to clean energy is underway and inevitable. Two big developments toward clean energy are worth noting. The New York Times reports that there is a growing movement in the Navajo Read More
In Support of the Black Nubble Wind Project
Statement by Pete Didisheim, NRCM Advocacy Director Today more than 20 organizations are announcing their support of the proposed Black Nubble Wind Farm. We believe that this is the largest and most diverse collection of organizations that have ever assembled in Maine to endorse a specific wind power project. A recent public opinion poll showed Read More
