Statement by Jennifer Andersen, Energy Outreach Coordinator There are many things the Natural Resources Council is working on to help Maine do its part to reduce global warming pollution particularly from commuting. The good news is that you CAN “get there from here,” commuting everyday, but how you do it – as this report shows- Read More
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Driving Misinformation
Bangor Daily News editorial It is not surprising that automakers have sued to negate Maine’s new rules for automobile emissions since they’ve pursued litigation against other states that have adopted similar standards. Because federal regulators have also weighed in against state rules, it is likely the emissions standards will be tied up in court and regulatory Read More
States to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Pollution
From staff and news services Portland Press Herald Maine and six other states in the Northeast have agreed to set up the nation’s first system to cut greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, governors around the region said Tuesday. The so-called cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would cover electricity generating plants with a Read More
Maine Receives Grade of B- on Actions Taken to Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Grade Improves From Last Year; Progress Grows in Maine Augusta and Portland, ME – A “Report Card” released today by a coalition of environmental groups in the United States and Canada has given Maine a grade of B- for its actions to reduce global warming pollution in the region. The B- represents an improvement from Read More
Report Shows Some Northeast Power Plants Produce Too Much Global Warming Pollution
Groups call for 25% reduction through efficiency, clean power, good pollution cap Portland and Augusta, Maine — Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine and Environment Maine released a report that shows how much global warming pollution comes from the power plants that supply electricity to homes from Delaware to Maine. “Actions at relatively few 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
Response to the Votes on the Budget Resolution that Open the Arctic to Oil Drilling and Cuts Environmental Protection
Statement by Brownie Carson, NRCM executive director We are deeply disappointed in the votes of the US Congress and of Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins in support of a budget that opens up the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. This will do nothing to address the nation’s energy independence and will Read More
New England Groups Call for Reductions in Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Pollution
Augusta, Maine – In a letter to their respective Governors, groups across the Northeast called for strong action to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions being generated by the region’s power plants. Public health, faith, labor and action groups joined environmental organizations in signing onto a set of principles that support a 25% reduction Read More
NRCM Urges Senator Collins to Investigate Fraudulent Mercury Rule
In response to Tuesday’s Washington Post report that the Environmental Protection Agency decided to ignore Harvard University researchers’ analysis of health benefits from reducing mercury pollution from power plants, the Clean Air Task Force, National Wildlife Federation and Natural Resources Council of Maine, are renewing their request that Senator Susan Collins, as Chair of the Read More
