Trees win! And when trees win, people win. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the “roadless” rule, maintaining protections in 50 million acres of national forests from new road building. Other bad bills are waiting in the wings in Washington, including one to deny a president’s right to establish a national monument. We can’t Read More
Notes from Lisa
Lisa Pohlmann writes about her experiences as NRCM’s CEO, including her perspectives and interactions doing our advocacy work, meeting with NRCM members and others across the state, and enjoying first-hand the beauty of the Maine environment that NRCM works so hard to protect.
Chemical Industry Ploys Revealed
A new report has been released showing many of the ways that chemical companies have managed to derail federal efforts to protect people from toxic chemicals. Human health? Not their problem. They bad-mouth early drafts of health assessments and slam the need for new ones. They send their industry “experts” out on the stump right Read More
Go, Andrea!
As you may have heard, Andrea Lani, a Department of Environmental Protection employee, is now suing the state because she was moved to a lesser departmental position after she spoke out publicly in defense of Maine’s Kid-safe Products law. This important safeguard, which received overwhelming support when it was passed in 2008, went on the Read More
If You Care About Maine’s North Woods, Speak Up Now!
We are on the verge of losing protections for the beautiful Maine North Woods. You are on the verge of losing your say in the matter. Governor LePage and some members of the Legislature are in an all-out push to abolish the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC). The Commission has been in place for 40 Read More
Fighting for the Right to Clean Air
The battle to address climate change is raging in Washington, as Big Oil and Big Coal pour millions of dollars in to block any progress on moving toward a clean energy future. But, they are not winning… yet. Several bills that would block the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to cut climate changing pollution were recently Read More
Citizen Action Day 2011 Has Record-high Turn Out
Once a year, NRCM organizes a day for Maine citizens to come together at our office, to learn about policies that affect our land, air, water, and wildlife during in the legislative session, and to go together to the State House so they can speak to their representatives. Today we had the largest turnout ever Read More
Keep Maine’s Bottle Bill—My “3.5-cents” Worth on the Topic
Imagine our roadsides littered with cans and bottles again. Can’t? Neither can I, because Maine was one of the first states to pass a bottle bill back in 1976. NRCM was very involved with this initiative. Since then, Maine has achieved the highest beverage container recycling rate in the country at 90%. It has also Read More
U.S House Budget Would Block Progress on Clean Air and Land Conservation
The U.S House passed their version of a “continuing resolution” to fund the federal government through the end of this fiscal year (September 30). The cuts to programs for wildlife protection, land conservation, and clean air and water send us back 40 years. While Maine’s Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree joined all other Democrats Read More
Rally Against the Rollbacks
Hundreds came to rally at the State House on Monday to support our environment and to reject the LePage Administration’s rollback agenda. The energy was powerful as citizens from across Maine crowded the stairwell above the Hall of Flags and packed the rest of the area, most wearing stickers that said “I Love Maine’s Environment” Read More
