My coworker Leisa and I were interested in learning more about ways to stay safe and warm during our polar plunge, happening on Thursday in Portland. The first rule is: DON’T sign up to do the plunge. We wish we had known that rule sooner. We did find some helpful “Polar Plunge Tips” on NaBloPoMo.com. They Read More
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NRCM Staff Help Keep Mainers Warm
On Friday a few co-workers and I got together and participated in the Keep ME Warm program that Gov. Baldacci has created. I must say the participation in this was a team effort. Beth started the ball rolling. She had previous obligations and wasn’t able to winterize the homes but she pulled together all the materials and Read More
NRCM Gives People’s Choice Award to Wiscasset Coal Plant Activist
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine is pleased to announce that Woolwich resident Willy Ritch is the winner of the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine’s People’s Choice award, for his work protecting beautiful Wiscasset from a proposed coal gasification plant. Last year, when Wiscasset was faced with a Read More
“Urgent Fix Needed” for Flawed EPA Power Plant Cleanup Plan, Says NRCM, Lung Association
Natural Resources Council of Maine * American Lung Association of Maine News release AUGUSTA, ME – The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) and American Lung Association of Maine (ALA-ME) today called on the Bush Administration and Congress to make an “urgent fix” to an electric power plant cleanup plan struck down by a federal Read More
Opposition Grows Against Energy Plant
by Bob Kalish Times Record news story WISCASSET — Two more voices have join-ed the chorus of opposition against the proposed Twin River Energy Center. In Augusta, Rep. Bruce MacDonald, D-Boothbay, submitted a bill to limit development of coal gasification plants by requiring such plants to capture and store 90 percent of any carbon dioxide Read More
Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide for First Time
By Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer Washington Post news story The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public Read More
Sportsmen Poll Says Nation’s Energy Policy is “On the Wrong Track”
“Moral Responsibility to Protect Our Children’s Future” WASHINGTON, DC & AUGUSTA, MAINE “America’s sportsmen are saying we have a moral responsibility to confront global warming to protect our children’s future,” said Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation. “Hunters and fishermen are concerned about the environment we are leaving for our children,” said Bill Read More
