Dip and Dash in its 6th year by Jim Keithley WMTW news story PORTLAND, Maine —The Natural Resources Council of Maine hosted its sixth annual Dip and Dash at East End Beach in Portland. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition, said Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM executive director. Pohlmann said 150 people registered for the polar Read More
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Swimmers Chill Out to Fight Climate Change
WCSH-6 TV news story PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Mainers are jumping into the frigid ocean to raise money to support the state’s largest environmental advocacy group’s fight against climate change. The Natural Resources Council of Maine is holding a 5-kilometer race on Tuesday at 11 a.m., followed by a cold-water ocean plunge at Portland’s East Read More
Portland Ocean Group Holds Ocean Plunge Fundraiser
WGME-13 TV news story PORTLAND (AP) — Mainers are jumping into the frigid ocean to raise money to support the state’s largest environmental advocacy group’s fight against climate change. The Natural Resources Council of Maine held its 5-kilometer race on Tuesday at 11 a.m., followed by a cold-water ocean plunge at Portland’s East End Beach Read More
Thanks, But No Tank Among NRCM’s Environmental Award Recipients
Freepressonline.com news story Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) presented its 2013 Environmental Awards last week at its annual meeting. The awards are given to people and groups that have "made a real difference at the local, regional, or state level in protecting the health and beauty of Maine’s environment." This year’s winners are: • Read More
2013 NRCM Environmental Awards Go To Citizens Fighting Tar Sands Oil and LPG Tank, and Advocating for St. Croix River Alewives
NRCM Press Release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) has awarded its 2013 NRCM Environmental Awards to an outstanding individual and two groups of activists working to project Maine’s environment. The awards, which are presented at NRCM’s annual meeting, are given each year to people and groups that have made a Read More
Climate Experts: Warming in Maine Leading to Declining Moose, Lobster Populations
By Mario Moretto, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — Climate change is real, human activity is causing it, and its effects will leave Maine — and the planet — “fundamentally degraded.” That was the message delivered by renowned climatologist Michael Mann, who spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Read More
NRCM 2013 Environmental Award Winner: Paul Bisulca
Paul Bisulca2013 Environmental Awardfor exceptional efforts to reopen the St. Croix River to alewives It was great news for NRCM in 2012 when Paul Bisulca became involved in the fight to end Maine’s 1995 alewife law blocking these important fish from their ancestral spawning areas of the St. Croix River. NRCM had been working on Read More
NRCM 2013 People’s Choice Award Presented to “Thanks But No Tank”
Thanks But No Tank2013 People’s Choice Awardfor exceptional efforts mobilizing and engaging citizens to protect Searsport and surrounding coastal communities from potential harm posed by a proposed LPG tank and terminal. This year, NRCM received 26 People’s Choice nominations from across the state. We then had the difficult task of narrowing it down to just five Read More
NRCM 2013 Environmental Award Winner: Tar Sands Activists from Casco, Harrison, Otisfield, South Portland, and Waterford
Tar Sands Activists2013 Environmental Awardfor their hard work defending against the risks to air, land, and water by leading efforts in their communities to pass a municipal resolution in opposition to sending tar sands through Maine’s crude oil pipeline As part of our ongoing work to combat climate change, NRCM has been working for several Read More
