Join the North American Megadam Resistance Alliance, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Sierra Club Maine at the University of Maine at Farmington on Monday night, November 25. NRCM is co-sponsoring an event featuring Canadian indigenous people sharing their stories about the negative impacts that massive Canadian hydropower dams are having on their homelands. Read More
Central Maine Power
News & Noteworthy — November 2019
November 8, 2019 In the most recent News & Noteworthy, we’ve got lots of good news to share! We hope you enjoy reading the items as much as we did. If you were tuned in to Maine Calling recently, you likely cheered as NRCM Climate & Clean Energy Director Dylan Voorhees set the record straight Read More
Reflections On Our Work Together
On October 16, NRCM celebrated our 2019 Conservation Leadership Award recipients. The event took place in Portland, at the Jewish Community Alliance and was filled with warmth and celebration among our members and friends. It was truly an honor to recognize people so dedicated to helping protect the nature of Maine. I invite you to Read More
News & Noteworthy — October 2019
October 23, 2019 Here is the latest round-up of news from the past week. The Portland City Council voted on Monday night to ban the sale and distribution of plastic drinking straws, becoming the first Maine city to do so in an attempt to reduce the amount of plastic-based pollution clogging the world’s oceans and Read More
NRCM Commends Maine Congressman Golden for Standing Up for Maine People Who Expect More Transparency and a Public Hearing on the Army Corps of Engineers Review of the CMP Transmission Corridor
NRCM News Release October 16, 2019 (Augusta, ME)—As Central Maine Power’s (CMP) controversial transmission corridor proposal continues to face delays and growing public opposition, Congressman Jared Golden issued a strong letter of concern this morning to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The letter highlights the Army Corps’ lack of transparency in its permitting process Read More
October 16, 2019: NRCM’s Conservation Leadership Awards, Portland
NRCM was pleased to recognize three exceptional individuals and a coalition of young climate activists at this year’s Conservation Leadership Awards ceremony held Wednesday, October 16, at the Jewish Community Alliance, 1342 Congress Street in Portland. The evening included music, wine, light refreshments, and, of course, the inspirational stories of this year’s recipients. • Jon Read More
News & Noteworthy — August 2019
August 29, 2019 Here’s your latest round-up of news from the past week. Covering Climate The Portland Press Herald has joined an international effort to focus attention on climate change and plans a week’s worth of in-depth coverage starting September 15. Mainers who showed up at a Maine Public event in Camden urged the radio Read More
News & Noteworthy — July 2019
News & Noteworthy July 31, 2019 One Salmon’s Journey Bangor Daily News outdoors editor John Holyoke gives us the tale of one Atlantic salmon’s amazing journeys in Maine’s waters and an $880K payout from an oil company spill will fund improvements to help fish migrate up the Penobscot River and its tributaries. Congratulations to Baxter Read More
Maine Environment Spring 2019 Newsletter
Maine Environment Spring 2019: What’s Inside! In this issue of Maine Environment, we feature an important story by NRCM CEO Lisa Pohlmann about positive steps on climate thanks to Maine Governor Janet Mills. The governor introduced strong climate action bills during this legislative session. There is an update on development proposals in Maine’s North Woods Read More
