The Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Media Relations & Advocacy Communications Director Colin Durrant shares his thoughts on the latest news related to Maine’s land, air, water, and wildlife each week. Here are this week’s stories: April 22, 2020 Earth Day The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day of course garnered a lot of media coverage, Read More
Cleaner Cars
Trump Moves to Block States’ Rights to Set Clean Car Standards
NRCM News Release September 18, 2019 (Augusta, ME) – President Trump announced today he will attempt to block states, including Maine and a dozen others, which have adopted higher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. The move is a desperate attempt to roll back clean car standards which are supported by the automobile industry Read More
September 14, 2019: Electric Vehicle Expo and Ride and Drive, South Paris
NRCM and our partners hosted the fifth annual EV Expo to share information about electric cars in Maine on Saturday, September 14 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main Street in South Paris. This year’s expo expanded to also include solar! The Transportation and Energy Working Groups of the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy Read More
New Survey: Maine Electric Car Owners Love Their Cars, Save Money on Fuel
Next steps: Get the word out, add charging stations NRCM News Release Today the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) released the results of its second comprehensive survey of Maine’s registered electric car owners. The survey was mailed to every electric car owner in Maine –1,300 of them – an impressive 33% of them responded. Read More
Rolling Back Fuel Economy Standards Bad for Our Health and Environment
Bangor Daily News editorial Last week, the Trump administration took steps to weaken vehicle fuel economy standards and moved to revoke California’s authority to set standards that are higher than federal requirements. Thirteen states, including Maine, follow the higher California standards. Both moves are unnecessary and, if fully implemented, would harm the health of many Read More
August 28, 2018: “Maine Speaks on Climate and Cars: The Citizens’ Hearing,” Bangor
Cars and trucks are the leading source of climate-changing pollution in Maine and across the country, but fossil fuel lobbyists, their supporters in Congress, and the Trump Administration are attacking fuel efficiency standards. These standards will clean our air and save Mainers money at the gas pump. It is time to come together and stand Read More
E.P.A. Takes a Major Step to Roll Back Clean Car Rules
By Coral Davenport New York Times news story WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step toward dramatically weakening an Obama-era rule designed to cut pollution from vehicle tailpipes, setting the stage for a legal clash with California that could potentially split the nation’s auto market in two. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday Read More
June 2, 2018: Electric Vehicle Symposium—The Future is Here, Ellsworth
NRCM participated in an Electric Vehicle (EV) Symposium – The Future Is Here, hosted by A Climate to Thrive (ACTT) on Saturday, June 2 at the Moore Community Center, 133 State Street, Ellsworth. The Symposium featured a panel of speakers, including NRCM Climate and Clean Energy Policy Advocate and Staff Attorney Sue Ely, discussing all things EV and Read More
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Reversal of Federal Clean Car Standards Harms Health of Maine Air, People
Augusta – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has indicated his intent to deem America’s cleaner car standards “inappropriate,” reversing the agency’s previous determination that they should continue as planned. The standards require increasingly less-polluting cars for model years 2022-2025 and were adopted with support of automakers and after intensive analysis. “With this cleaner Read More
