By Ramona Du Houx Maine Insights news story On the third anniversary of the nation’s largest and most expensive oil pipeline spill, Mainers rallied at the Portland Water District headquarters, carrying signs and dressed in black to symbolize an oil spill. They gathered to denounce oil industry efforts to pump thick, heavy tar sands oil Read More
Senator Susan Collins
Praise for Collins and King on EPA McCarthy Confirmation Vote
NRCM press release AUGUSTA â Today, Maine environmental groups praised U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King for voting to confirm Gina McCarthy as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. McCarthy was confirmed to the Administrator post by 59 to 40. “Today, Maine Senators Susan Collins and Angus King stood up for clean air Read More
Maine Environmental Groups Applaud Committee Vote on EPA Administrator Nominee Gina McCarthy, Call for Sens. Collins and King to Back EPA Nominee
News release Augusta, Maine â Today, a majority of Senators on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to send EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy’s nomination to the floor of the Senate. In response, Maine’s major environmental organizations today applauded the vote and called on Senators Susan Collins and Angus King to publicly endorse Read More
Weatherization: An Effective Investment
by Senator Susan Collins Seacoastonline.com op-ed As I talk to people around our state, I hear time and again how concerned they are about the price of home heating oil and how worried they are that they might not be able to heat their homes. One of the most effective and immediate ways we can Read More
A Huge Win for the Whole Team
The day of the Great Works Dam removal celebration dawned sparkling clear. For me it started early at the Veazie Salmon Club, and had a few moments by the Penobscot River before everyone arrived. The power of the river was palpable, especially after all the rain we’ve had. It coursed over the Veazie Dam, and I Read More
Collins Should Fight for Limits on Toxic Pollution, Not Against Them
The EPA has amended its approach to address industry concerns the senator has stood up for. by Lisa Pohlmann, Mary S. Booth, and Jim Pew Portland Press Herald op-ed It is not surprising that some members of Congress are attempting to pass sweetheart bills for industry that poses a real danger to public health and Read More
A Gift of Clean Air
Yesterday, the EnviroA released new standards for power plant emissions that will significantly cut emissions of mercury, arsenic, acid gases and other toxics from power plants. This is great holiday news for Maine, since we are located downwind from coal-burning power plants to the South and West that have polluted our air, lakes, and streams Read More
Who Wants Dirty Air from Away? Not Us!
The EPA has finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule to reduce harmful emissions from power plants in the eastern half of the U.S. These clean air protections are called for under the Clean Air Act and protect people in states like Maine, that are downwind from polluting plants in other states. Maine is expected to Read More
Chemical Industry Ploys Revealed
A new report has been released showing many of the ways that chemical companies have managed to derail federal efforts to protect people from toxic chemicals. Human health? Not their problem. They bad-mouth early drafts of health assessments and slam the need for new ones. They send their industry “experts” out on the stump right Read More
