NRCM news release Scarborough, Maine – Today, at a news conference at Scarborough Beach State Park, speakers including a physician, a young asthmatic, a state legislator, and an environmental expert described the effects President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would have on coastal tourism, the health of Maine residents, sea-level… Continue Reading
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Push Your Way Through
An “old-fashioned” push mower saves even more pollution than the cleanest power mower—and helps get your lawn and your body in shape! The EPA estimates that lawn mowers and other yard equipment produce about 5 percent of the nation’s air pollution. Bonus: A push mower also means no noise pollution. To view more tips, click… Continue Reading
Four Maine Brewers Fight EPA Plan to Repeal Clean Water Regulations
To protect an ingredient vital to their product, they oppose having the agency oversee fewer waterways under a Trump administration proposal to restrict the government’s powers. by James Patrick, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Four Maine breweries have signed on to an effort to fight the Trump administration’s plan to repeal a rule… Continue Reading
Bangor Woman, 80, Goes Solar at Home
By Meg Haskell, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story From her home on a corner lot in Bangor, Hope Brogunier, 80, is quietly staging a green revolution. Her side yard is a lightly tended jungle of shoulder-high raspberries, a fragrant, knee-deep drift of meadow anemones and a spiky sea of flowering goutweed. Bees bumble… Continue Reading
July 26, 2017: Citizens’ Hearing on EPA Budget Cuts, Ellsworth
The Trump Administration is waging an unprecedented attack on the programs and policies that keep Maine families healthy and safe, including a proposed budget that would slash the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Maine people need to come together to condemn this assault on our public health and environment, and stand up to take action. Thanks… Continue Reading
Unprecedented EPA Budget Cuts Would Harm the Health of Maine’s Environment, Economy, and People
News Release Brewer, Maine — The White House this week released a budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 that would slash Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) programs that reduce pollution in Maine, save the lives of Maine people, and strengthen our communities and economy. The proposal singles out EPA for the deepest cuts of any federal… Continue Reading
The EPA Asked Which Rules Should be Repealed. Here’s What Americans Said.
Bangor Daily News editorial The Environmental Protection Agency has long been a target of criticism from Republican lawmakers, who periodically threaten to abolish it. President Donald Trump has joined this chorus. On the campaign trail, he said he would abolish the EPA, which he technically can’t do. Instead, he nominated a staunch pro-industry, anti-regulation activist… Continue Reading
Trump’s Fight against Environmental Protection is a Threat to Maine’s Economy and Health
By Sharon S. Tisher and Harold W. Borns Jr., Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Last month, the planet passed an unfortunate milestone. The Mauna Loa Observatory recorded for the first time a reading of more than 410 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide hasn’t been at this… Continue Reading
June 8, 2017: The Threat to Maine from the Trump Administration’s Anti-Environment Agenda, Damariscotta
NRCM Senior Director of Advocacy Pete Didisheim spoke about the threats to Maine’s environment posed by the Trump Administration’s proposed budget cuts on Thursday, June 8 at the Friends Meetinghouse in Damariscotta. Maine’s environment faces massive threats from the Trump Administration’s environmental rollbacks. Pete’s presentation was about these threats and what we can do to fight back. Pete discussed… Continue Reading
