The president announces commitments from top companies to help the nation’s health care system prepare for such effects as more asthma, allergies and weather-related injuries. By Josh Lederman and Nedra Pickler The Associated Press news story WASHINGTON – Global warming isn’t just affecting the weather, it’s harming Americans’ health, President Obama said Tuesday as he announced Read More
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Historic Eight Million Comments Delivered in Support of EPA Clean Power Plan, Including Thousands from Maine
Milestone Reached as the Public Comment Period Closed at Midnight, Highlighting 2+-Year Effort to Give a Voice to Maine Citizens Who Want Clean Energy and Action on Climate Change News Release Augusta, ME—As the public comment period on the Clean Power Plan came to a close at midnight on Monday, Maine groups supporting climate action Read More
The Big Picture: Leading Action on Climate Change
More and more people are coming together to work on climate change. It’s no wonder. We can plainly see changes in our lakes, forests, and backyard gardens. The number of cases of Lyme disease is exploding and many of us have had to take antibiotics because of deer tick bites. We hear on the national Read More
Maine Business Leaders, Citizens Press Senator Collins to Support EPA Action on Climate Change
400 Businesses Have Signed On Urging Collins to Act NRCM News Release PORTLAND, MAINE – Today, leading environmental organizations, lobstermen, wind and ocean energy experts, and other Mainers gathered near Senator Collins’ Portland office encouraging her to support the EPA’s Clean Power Plan when she goes back to Washington, D.C. next week. They unveiled a list Read More
Maine Environmental Group Urges Support for New Power Plant Rule
By Nora Flaherty MPBN news story The Natural Resources Council of Maine today called for support of a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule to lower the amount of CO2 America’s power plants can release into the atmosphere. At a press conference in Portland, NRCM Outreach Coordinator Todd Martin said climate change caused, in part, by CO2 Read More
Environmental Regulator Addresses Public Forum in Maine on Rules for Power Plant Emissions
Associated Press news story PORTLAND, Maine — The Obama administration’s new effort to reduce emissions from power plants represents an attempt to do on a national basis what’s already happening in New England, the Environmental Protection Agency’s regional chief said Wednesday. New England has been a leader with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, renewable energy Read More
EPA Wants Maine Power Plants to Cut Emissions 13.5 Percent by 2030
By Darren Fishell, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Maine power plants to reduce emissions by 13.5 percent in 16 years, as part of a national plan to reduce emissions by 30 percent, from 2005 levels, by 2030. The proposed rule signed Monday by EPA Read More
Maine Officials Optimistic about Meeting New Carbon Limits
The regional effort to reduce emissions from power plants appears to put the state in a good position to meet proposed federal standards by 2030. By Kevin Miller, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine and other states in the Northeast appear well positioned to comply with proposed federal rules for carbon dioxide emissions Read More
Supporters: Maine Has Head Start on New Federal Carbon Rules
by Tom Porter MPBN news story Several environmental leaders, scientists and business representatives in Maine have welcomed new rules for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. This follows the announcement today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a plan to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. Supporters say Read More
