by Susan Sharon NPR news story South Portland, Maine, is known as the place where Liberty ships were built by tens of thousands of workers during World War II. Now, the city’s waterfront is home to an oil terminal and the beginning of a 236-mile-long pipeline. For more than 70 years, the Portland Montreal Pipeline Read More
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Maine Conservation Groups Gather with South Portland Residents to Celebrate and React to Tar Sands Vote
Read more about tar sands in South Portland See photos from the final South Portland City Council vote on July 21st Read public comments by NRCM’s Lisa Pohlmann at final South Portland City Council vote News Release Portland—In a historic vote, the South Portland City Council last night voted 6-1 to pass the Clear Skies Read More
South Portland Passes Ordinance to Block Tar Sands
by Danielle Waugh WCSH-6 news story SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — With a 6-1 vote, South Portland City Councilors have made history by passing an ordinance to block the loading of crude oil, including tar sands oil. According to the Natural Resources Council of Maine, South Portland is the first community to pass such Read More
New EPA Rules Follow Maine’s Lead on Environment
By U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine Foster’s Daily Democrat op-ed Imagine you’re at the table on Thanksgiving Day with your family and one of your relatives snatches up the whole turkey and says, “Thanks, this is all mine!” without any consideration for the rest of your family. Hard to imagine because it wouldn’t happen, right? Read More
Businesses Gather in Portland to Consider Economic Benefits of State, Regional, Federal Climate Programs
Senator King, U.S. EPA Deputy, business panel, tell audience cutting carbon is helping Maine NRCM news release Facts about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Twin Rivers case study Letter signed by more than 300 Maine businesses in support of climate action Nine-state letter to EPA in support of RGGI Portland, ME – About 150 Read More
EPA Wants Maine Power Plants to Cut Emissions 13.5 Percent by 2030
By Darren Fishell, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Maine power plants to reduce emissions by 13.5 percent in 16 years, as part of a national plan to reduce emissions by 30 percent, from 2005 levels, by 2030. The proposed rule signed Monday by EPA Read More
Maine Officials Optimistic about Meeting New Carbon Limits
The regional effort to reduce emissions from power plants appears to put the state in a good position to meet proposed federal standards by 2030. By Kevin Miller, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine and other states in the Northeast appear well positioned to comply with proposed federal rules for carbon dioxide emissions Read More
Supreme Court Upholds Downwind Pollution Limits
Associated Press news story WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states that blows downwind and leads to unhealthy air. The decision caps a decades-long effort by the Environmental Protection Agency to find a legally Read More
Court Upholds EPA Power-plant Emission Standards
The case has potential air-quality ramifications for Maine, which has been described as the ‘tailpipe’ of the nation. By Pete Yost The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s first emission standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and Read More