Dip and Dash in its 6th year by Jim Keithley WMTW news story PORTLAND, Maine —The Natural Resources Council of Maine hosted its sixth annual Dip and Dash at East End Beach in Portland. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition, said Lisa Pohlmann, NRCM executive director. Pohlmann said 150 people registered for the polar Read More
Global Warming Pollution
Portland Ocean Group Holds Ocean Plunge Fundraiser
WGME-13 TV news story PORTLAND (AP) — Mainers are jumping into the frigid ocean to raise money to support the state’s largest environmental advocacy group’s fight against climate change. The Natural Resources Council of Maine held its 5-kilometer race on Tuesday at 11 a.m., followed by a cold-water ocean plunge at Portland’s East End Beach Read More
Clam Diggers Can’t Weather Climate Change
Invasive green grabs are eating shellfish on which a $55 million industry depends. by Sara Randall Maine Sunday Telegram editorial FREEPORT — Clam diggers rely on a healthy marine environment in order to provide nourishing whole food to citizens and contribute to the economy. However, the ability of Maine’s diggers to continue their livelihood is Read More
LePage Should Sign Anti-smog Petition
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
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
Maine’s Moose May Be in Trouble – What We Don’t Know May Be Killing Them
by George Smith Bangor Daily News column “New Hampshire’s moose population has declined by 3,100, which is more than 40 percent, since 1997. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has reduced the number of moose hunting permits by 60 percent in the last five years.” As New Hampshire goes, so goes Maine? That could Read More
