The absorption of the gas by the ocean makes seawater more acidic and less hospitable to seafood populations. by Mark Green Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed STANDISH – In recent years, carbon dioxide gas has received a lot of attention. The biggest source of CO2 comes from fossil fuel combustion, which contributes more than 13 trillion Read More
Federal Climate and Energy Work
New England EPA Administrator Hears Maine Perspectives on Climate Change, Pollution, and Energy
In Light of First Ever National Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants NRCM press release Portland, ME â The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England office, Curt Spalding, joined a Portland roundtable today focused on proposed national standards, which, for the first time would limit climate-changing pollution from new power Read More
Maine Can “Breathe a Little Easier” Thanks to EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard
Maine Groups Support New Safeguards to Hold Polluters Accountable and Help Protect the Health of Maine People and Our Environment Press Release Natural Resources Council of Maine ~ Sierra Club Maine ~ Maine Interfaith Power and Light ~ Maine Physicians for Social Responsibility Today, Maine people breathed a little easier after the Environmental Protection Agency Read More
FACT CHECK: More Drilling Doesn’t Drop Gas Prices
by The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON â It’s the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show. A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and Read More
Lawsuit Challenges Clean Air Act Exemption for Biomass Burners
Clean Air Task Force Washington â Conservation groups filed suit today challenging an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempts biomass-burning facilities from carbon dioxide limits under the Clean Air Act for the next three years. The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Georgia ForestWatch, Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Wild Virginia are asking Read More
Supreme Court Ruling Garners Mixed Reviews from Maine’s Eco Groups
MPBN Radio news story Maine environmental groups are taking a mixed view of a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down today on greenhouse gas emissions. In a unanimous ruling, the justices said states, cities and private entities can’t ask federal judges to put caps on how much toxic gas power plants can release. The ruling Read More
New EPA Rules Would Clean Up Toxic Pollution from Power Plants
NRCM, others, brought lawsuit seeking these rules Today EPA announced requirements to reduce toxic air emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants, which emit 50% of the mercury, 50% of the acid gases, and 25% of the heavy metals released into the air by industry in the U.S. today. This industry also emits dioxins and Read More
Environmentalists Rally for Clean Energy Legislation
Portland Press Herald news storyEnvironmentalists held a noontime rally in Monument Square on Thursday to call for the passage of clean-energy legislation that’s pending in the U.S. Senate. The event, attended by a small crowd of activists carrying signs, was organized by a coalition of more than 20 environmental groups concerned about climate change. Speakers Read More
Time to Chart a Course to Our Energy Future
Portland Press Herald editorial One of the Democrats’s top agenda items, now that Congress is back in session, is to create a fund to promote renewable energy and conservation by diverting money that was going to oil companies. That’s just one of many welcome changes in national energy policy that the new majority has pledged Read More
