News Release Today, The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is considering Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to lead the nation’s top environmental and public health watchdog: the Environmental Protection Agency. You could not find a more unsuitable candidate to lead the EPA than Pruitt. He has proven himself to be an anti-science, Read More
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Diminishing Options and The Climate Endgame
by Stephen Mulkey, PhD for the Natural Resources Council of Maine One of the strongest hurricanes on record, Ivan, was photographed on September 11, 2004 from an altitude of about 230 miles by NASA Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke. At the time, Ivan was in the western Caribbean Sea and reported to have winds of Read More
December 1, 2016: “Are Plastics Contaminating Belfast Bay?” Belfast
Did you know that by 2050, marine scientists predict that plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish pound for pound? Our society is consuming and disposing of plastic at an alarming rate! NRCM is committed to helping Maine towns reduce their plastic pollution. Thanks to everyone who joined us for an informative presentation and discussion Read More
Maine Environmental Groups Praise Clean Power Plan Proposal
By Don Carrigan, staff writer WCSH news story Maine environmental groups say a court case heard in Washington could have a major impact on how Maine is affected by climate change. Twenty-four states are suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency over new Clean Power Plan rules from that agency. Oral arguments in the case were Read More
Maine’s Attorney General Among 18 AGs Defending EPA’s Clean Power Plan as Federal Appeals Court Hears Polluter Lawsuit Today
NRCM news release Today, outside the federal court building in Portland, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills and health and environmental leaders spoke in support of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which is being challenged in federal courts by a coalition of polluters and their allies. Today at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Read More
Clean Power Plan Litigation in U.S. Court of Appeals
My remarks at today’s news conference about Clean Power Plan litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals: Right now, judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC are hearing oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by polluters and their allies against the EPA’s historic Clean Power Plan. I am proud to be joined Read More
DEP Proposes New Mining Rules
By Susan Sharon, staff writer Maine Public Broadcasting Network news story The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is once again asking Maine lawmakers to consider new rules to address mining regulations in the state. The Legislature has twice rejected similar proposals since 2011, and both times the debate over them has been contentious. In a Read More
Maine Looks Again At Overhauling Mining Regulations
By Kevin Miller, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is once again proposing a major rewrite of the state’s metallic mining regulations, reviving a controversial issue that failed twice in the Legislature during the past two years. DEP officials said the proposed rules are needed to address inconsistencies Read More
Environmental Agencies Sue City of Bangor to Stop Pollution from Wastewater System
Bangor officials and the environmental agencies have signed a proposed agreement that includes infrastructure work the city would have to complete to comply with the federal Clean Water Act. By Scott Dolan, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Federal and state environmental agencies filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the city of Read More
