Maine’s governor is siding with out-of-state power companies while our air quality suffers. Portland Press Herald editorial Some East Coast governors sent a petition to Washington this week calling for tougher regulation of coal-burning power plant emissions that blow in from the Rust Belt and foul the air in places like Maine. Unfortunately, Maine’s governor Read More
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Maine Groups Join Massive Conservation Coalition Calling for Bold Action to Advance Offshore Wind Power in Atlantic
NRCM press release With critical federal tax incentives set to expire on December 31, twelve Maine organizations joined more than 230 other organizations and elected officials Wednesday to urge the Obama Administration to take swift, bold action to facilitate the development of offshore wind power. Their letter to the President is available here. A 12-megawatt (MW) offshore Read More
LePage Does Not Join Petition for Clean Air
by North Cairn, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story The governors of eight Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for stronger air pollution limits on nine Midwest states, but Maine Gov. Paul LePage is not among them. The eight states – Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Read More
LePage Criticized for Opting Maine Out of Anti-smog Effort
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Environmental groups attacked Gov. Paul LePage on Monday for his refusal to sign a petition in favor of tough standards in nine states from which pollution affects air quality in Maine and other eastern states. Governors in eight northeastern and mid-Atlantic states Read More
Scientists Concerned by Sudden Global Warming Changes
Gradual effects like rising oceans are less a problem than mass species extinctions, they say. The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON — Hard-to-predict sudden changes to Earth’s environment are more worrisome than climate change’s bigger but more gradual impacts, a panel of scientists advising the federal government concluded Tuesday. The 200-page report Read More
Report: Climate Change Impacting Game Species in Maine
Heat, Disease Threaten Big Game and Their Habitats NRCM and NWF press release Augusta, ME (September 25, 2013) – Rising temperatures, spreading diseases, and more extreme weather events fueled by manmade climate change are making survival more challenging for America’s treasured big game wildlife from coast to coast, according to a new report from the Read More
Eliot Wants EPA Probe of Emissions from Plant
While some residents are blaming respiratory problems on air pollution, Schiller Station says it’s in compliance. by North Cairn, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Kimberly Richards still remembers how it felt, back in the sixth grade, when she suffered her first episode of bronchitis. “It was upsetting, because at that age I was Read More
Maine’s Clear-Cutting Deal with Irving Comes Under Scrutiny
By Bill Trotter, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — With the help of a carbon cap-and-trade program in California, a Washington County land trust is getting more than $1 million that it hopes to use to purchase nearly 22,000 acres of woodland. Mark Berry, executive director of Downeast Lakes Read More
New Carbon Emissions Standards Could Be Too Little, Too Late to Save Maine’s Maple Syrup, Shellfishing Industries
By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s maple syrup industry could be gone in 50 years, and the state’s commercial shellfishing industry could be wiped out in two. Those were some of the dire consequences in Maine of ever-growing carbon pollution by out-of-state coal-fired power plants, according Read More
