The senators should affirm that running a business and making money aren’t mutually exclusive. by Tim Soley, president of East Brown Cow Management in Portland Portland Press Herald op-ed PORTLAND — Climate change is getting expensive. As the president of East Brown Cow Management in Portland, I own and manage more than 20 properties in Read More
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LePage Details Support of Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline Project in Letter to John Kerry
by Christopher Cousins, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s endorsement of the controversial Keystone pipeline project, which he detailed in a March 3 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, added new fuel to a long-term debate about bringing tar sands oil through Maine. At issue is a Read More
Maine Business Owners Throw Their Support Behind New Federal Carbon Pollution Limits
by Seth Koenig, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — Damariscotta River oyster farmer Bill Mook said on May 9 of last year, the average daily amount of carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere crossed the 400-parts-per-million threshold. The last time humans encountered carbon dioxide levels that high, they were just evolving Read More
Maine Should Lead Washington on Climate Policy
by Peter Mills and Sharon S. Tisher Bangor Daily News op-ed It is fortunate for all 7 billion people on Earth that humans are finally learning new ways to produce and use energy. Examples are legion: hybrid cars, LED light bulbs, more economical wind, solar and hydropower, super-insulated buildings and fiber-optic communications to reduce physical Read More
Change of Heart? Maine Gov. Convenes Climate Change Group
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story Gov. Paul LePage, who has previously referred to global warming as “a scam,” and who has said he’s not convinced that human activities are a significant contributor to greenhouse gases, is now asking the Department of Environmental Protection and other state agencies to take steps — albeit small ones Read More
Maine Should Not Let Pollution Standards Slip
The state has too much to lose by backing out of a regional agreement to control emissions. Maine Sunday Telegram editorial The height of the tourist season is an odd time to get into a big fight over relaxing Maine’s clean air standards. Millions come here to experience our lakes, mountains and seashore, and they Read More
Opponents Rip LePage Plan to Diminish Maine’s Role in Anti-smog Efforts
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Opposition is mounting to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to limit Maine’s role in a 13-state initiative designed to curb the production of smog under the federal Clean Air Act. Numerous environmental groups and legislative Democrats weighed in against the proposal on Read More
Maine DEP Proposes Weakening Clean Air Requirement
Groups Voice Concerns and Call for Public Hearing Press Release PORTLAND—Several of Maine’s leading environmental and public health advocacy organizations today called on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to hold a public hearing on the LePage Administration’s proposal to weaken an important clean air standard on smog pollution from industrial sources. Maine DEP Read More
LePage Administration Proposes Weakening Smog Regulations
The proposed changes seek to exempt some industrial polluters from several measures aimed at reducing ground-level ozone. By Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to weaken one of the state’s key anti-smog regulations. The proposed changes would exempt major new or newly-upgraded industrial polluters Read More