by Adam Lee My name is Adam Lee and I am president of Lee Automalls located throughout the state of Maine. I am a 3rd generation car dealer; I have been in this business my whole life. I want to thank the EPA for allowing me to speak today. Our company was founded in 1936 Read More
Cleaner Cars
California Clean Air Standards Right for Maine
Kennebec Journal editorial In a philosophically incongruous fit of federalism, the EPA may be poised to tell California it doesn’t have the authority to adopt stricter vehicle emission standards than the federal government. At least that’s the way a bipartisan group of senators, including Maine’s Olympia J. Snowe, see it. They’ve written a letter to Read More
Fuel Economy Farce
Bangor Daily News editorial The best that can be said about new vehicle fuel economy rules issued by federal regulators last week is that the largest sport utility vehicles will finally have to meet gas mileage standards, no matter how meager. On the bad side, buried in the voluminous rules is language barring states from Read More
New Mileage Standards Attack States’ Right to Control Pollution
Maine Sunday Telegram editorial The Bush administration’s approach to increasing fuel-efficiency standards, expressed in a new rule published in the Federal Register this week, should come as no surprise. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ostensible goal is to raise the fleet efficiency of popular but thirsty light trucks, including SUVs. So how come it Read More
Court Rejects (on Procedural Grounds) Carmakers’ Challenge to Maine’s Car Pollution Rule Process
Natural Resources Council of Maine * Conservation Law Foundation The Kennebec County Superior court has denied a request by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers to stay Maine’s new clean car standards. The court also refused to send the matter back to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) for reconsideration. “This is a good step Read More
Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers Files Suit Against Cleaner Car Standards
NRCM responds Statement by Jon Hinck, NRCM staff attorney The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers has filed a lawsuit in Kennebec County Superior Court against the Maine Board of Environmental Protection to stop the State Global Warming Pollution Standards for cars and trucks, which were adopted on December 1. The carmakers’ suit makes three claims all Read More
MGWAC Comments in Response to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection’s Draft Rules Chapter 127, New Motor Vehicle Emission Standards Regulation (Green House Gas Vehicle Emission Standards)
Comments submitted by the Maine Global Warming Action Coalition Chairman Scott and members of the Board of Environmental Protection, the Maine Global Warming Action Coalition (Coalition) is a coalition comprised of the above organizations that represent tens of thousands of Maine citizens who are concerned about the impacts global warming will have on Maine’s environment, Read More
NRCM Comments Regarding Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s Draft Rules Chapter 127, New Motor Vehicle Emission Standards Regulation 2005-202
(Green House Gas Vehicle Emission Standards)” by Jon Hinck, NRCM staff attorney Chairman Scott and members of the Board of Environmental Protection, my name is Jon Hinck and I am testifying here on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. NRCM is an environmental advocacy group whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Read More
Governor Baldacci Signs Cleaner Cars Law
Program will cut air and global warming pollution and make cleaner cars available to Maine drivers News Release AUGUSTA- In a bold stroke that will clear the skies over Maine and increase the availability of the cleanest cars, such as hybrid gas-electric vehicles, Governor John Elias Baldacci signed the Cleaner Car program into law today. Read More
