By Patty Hager, NRCM Board Member I’d love to believe that many years from now, my grandchildren will be able to catch brook trout in the same lovely little Maine pools where my father taught me to fish. Those native fish reply so reliably to our visits each spring that it has taken me a long Read More
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Taking on Climate Change, Super Bowl-style
Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? I did, despite the New England Patriots not being there this year. It was a great game BUT the Super Bowl and associated activities and support produced more than 3.8 million pounds of CO2 emissions. According to an article by the Rocky Mountain Institute, efforts are being Read More
Tar Sands is Hot Topic on Cold January Day
I have lived in Maine my entire life, so I understand what a winter’s day is like. I have raced into the Atlantic Ocean in December for the past four years during NRCM’s Polar Bear Dip & Dash. So I understand what being very cold is like. But nothing prepared me for the freezing cold, Read More
Biggest Rally Ever Against Tar Sands in Northeast Converged in Portland
Portland, Maine – In the largest protest yet in the northeast against tar sands, hundreds of people from across Maine, New England, and from Canada carried signs and marched across Portland to rally at the Maine State Pier. The rally and march were held to oppose an emerging proposal to send dirty tar sands oil through the Read More
Movement Underway to Make Portland ‘Tar Sands Free’
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story City officials in Portland joined environmental groups and other activists at a news conference today to press for a new policy that would make Portland “tar sands-free.” More than 2,700 residents have signed a petition asking for the policy, which would direct the city manager not to purchase any Read More
Much at Stake for Maine as Possibility of Tar Sands Pipeline Looms
Pumping diluted bitumen to Portland presents the risk of a major spill tainting Sebago Lake or Casco Bay. by Kristin Moe Portland Press Herald op-ed PORTLAND – Conservation groups recently held a news conference to sound the alarm over an oil pipeline project that isn’t even officially on the table. What’s the big deal? It Read More
ExxonMobil is Actually Majority Owner of Maine Pipeline and Behind Plan to Transport Dangerous Tar Sands
Pipeline companies lobby tar sands plan behind closed doors while denying their intention NRCM, NWF, NRDC, Sierra Club Maine, Environment Maine, 350.org Portland, MaineâA new analysis released today by NRDC, NWF, and other environmental groups shows that ExxonMobil is the majority owner of the pipeline that cuts across Maine and New Englandâa pipeline that is Read More
Maine Environmentalists Raise Concerns About ‘Tar Sands’ Pipeline
by Tom Porter MPBN news story Environmental advocates today released a report which they say highlights the determination of big oil companies to transport “toxic” tar sands oil to through Maine from Canada. The study examines the ownership of a pipeline that cuts across Maine from Montreal. Tom Porter has more. Dylan Voorhees is with Read More
Environmental Advocates Caution Mainers about Potential for Tar Sands Oil to Go Through State Pipeline
By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine â A group of environmental advocates believe they have evidence that oil giant ExxonMobil â and perhaps even Gov. Paul LePage â are backing a plan to push controversial tar sands oil through an aging pipeline across Maine. But Adrienne Bennett, spokeswoman for LePage, Read More
