Bangor Daily News editorial It is not surprising that automakers have sued to negate Maine’s new rules for automobile emissions since they’ve pursued litigation against other states that have adopted similar standards. Because federal regulators have also weighed in against state rules, it is likely the emissions standards will be tied up in court and regulatory Read More
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States to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Pollution
From staff and news services Portland Press Herald Maine and six other states in the Northeast have agreed to set up the nation’s first system to cut greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, governors around the region said Tuesday. The so-called cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would cover electricity generating plants with a Read More
Maine Receives Grade of B- on Actions Taken to Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Grade Improves From Last Year; Progress Grows in Maine Augusta and Portland, ME – A “Report Card” released today by a coalition of environmental groups in the United States and Canada has given Maine a grade of B- for its actions to reduce global warming pollution in the region. The B- represents an improvement from Read More
Report Shows Some Northeast Power Plants Produce Too Much Global Warming Pollution
Groups call for 25% reduction through efficiency, clean power, good pollution cap Portland and Augusta, Maine — Today, the Natural Resources Council of Maine and Environment Maine released a report that shows how much global warming pollution comes from the power plants that supply electricity to homes from Delaware to Maine. “Actions at relatively few Read More
Governor Baldacci Signs Cleaner Cars Law
Program will cut air and global warming pollution and make cleaner cars available to Maine drivers News Release AUGUSTA- In a bold stroke that will clear the skies over Maine and increase the availability of the cleanest cars, such as hybrid gas-electric vehicles, Governor John Elias Baldacci signed the Cleaner Car program into law today. Read More
New England Groups Call for Reductions in Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Pollution
Augusta, Maine – In a letter to their respective Governors, groups across the Northeast called for strong action to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions being generated by the region’s power plants. Public health, faith, labor and action groups joined environmental organizations in signing onto a set of principles that support a 25% reduction Read More
NRCM Written Comments Relating to LDs 275, 305, 308, and 778 Regarding Support of New and Existing Cleaner Car Purchase Incentives and Infrastructure Development
by Sue Jones, NRCM energy project director Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (Council). I am Sue Jones, and am the Energy Project Director for the Council. I live in Freeport. The Council is a public interest, nonprofit organization that seeks to protect and Read More
State Releases Global Warming Action Plan
NRCM Applauds This Key First Step Governor Baldacci and Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection released its final plan to reduce global warming pollution in Maine. The plan is the result of a year of work by over 100 Maine stakeholders who worked in five stakeholder groups, which include scientists, academics, health care professionals, and representatives Read More
New Maine Health, Business, Conservation Coalition Rallies for Strong Plan to Stop Global Warming Pollution
Presents Governor Baldacci with Petitions Today representatives from more than a dozen Maine groups gathered at the Statehouse to urge Governor Baldacci’s support for a strong action plan to help stop global warming pollution, announce their newly-formed Maine Global Warming Action Coalition, and present Governor Baldacci with a petition signed by more than 700 Maine Read More
