In a global climate crisis, this is no time to pull back on efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. Portland Press Herald editorial The most-quoted analysis of the 2016 election came from The Atlantic’s Salena Zito, who observed that “the press takes (Trump) literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.” Two… Continue Reading
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Trump’s Proposed Pollution Rules Will Cause More Americans to Die. The EPA Says So.
Bangor Daily News editorial Last week, we found out that the Trump administration lied when it said that weakening vehicle fuel efficiency standards would save lives. Now, it has come to light that the administration was warned that easing emissions standards for power plants would cause more Americans to die. The administration ignored the warnings… Continue Reading
Trump Plan Scales Back Obama’s Coal Emissions Standards
Combined with earlier Trump proposals it could increase the nation’s carbon emissions. by Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday came out with new rules scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration’s legacy programs to rein in… Continue Reading
Trump Administration Pushes to Gut Air Pollution Rules for Nation’s Dirtiest Power Plants: “Bad News for Everyone Who Breathes”
Statement of Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “The Trump Administration’s proposal to roll back air pollution limits is bad news for everyone who breathes. The proposal is particularly bad news for Mainers, since so much of the air pollution that affects Maine people comes from upwind power plants that would… Continue Reading
Easing Pollution Regulations Won’t Save Coal. Nothing Will.
Bangor Daily News editorial Coal miners listen to speakers during an Environmental Protection Agency public hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at the state Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. While political attention has been focused on a Republican tax cut plan that needlessly cuts taxes for the wealthy and big corporations that will balloon the deficit,… Continue Reading
Maine Needs to Be Heard on Clean Power Plan
Public News Service news story AUGUSTA, Maine – Environmentalists in Maine are calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s single public hearing on the proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan a sham. The two-day hearing began Tuesday in West Virginia, the largest coal-producing state east of the Mississippi. That will be followed by a public comment… Continue Reading
Maine Group Decries Single Hearing on Proposal to Scrap Clean Power Plan
by Susan Sharon Maine Public news story Environmentalists, health groups and others are calling the Trump administration’s single public hearing on abolishment of the Clean Power Plan in West Virginia Tuesday “a sham.” The plan to require power plants to cut carbon emissions was a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s effort address climate change. But… Continue Reading
Administration’s Attempt to Repeal Clean Power Plan Needs to be Stopped
The EPA head is quietly trying to reverse the only federal limit on carbon emissions for power plants. by Tom Allen of Portland, co-chair of the Ocean Conservancy Board of Directors Portland Press Herald op-ed President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, appears set on repealing the Clean Power Plan, America’s only federal limit… Continue Reading
Trump Administration to Hold Sham EPA Hearing to Repeal Clean Power Plan
Stark Contrast with Extensive Public Input to Establish the Plan Statement of Lisa Pohlmann, Executive Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “We are deeply disturbed by the Trump Administration’s misguided plan to push through the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which set the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants, despite overwhelming public… Continue Reading
