A consistent ally of polluters, Scott Pruitt could undo environmental laws without due legislative process. Portland Press Herald editorial Maine’s climate is changing. You can see it in the native species that have been crowded out by invasive green crabs in places where the water used to be too cold. It’s behind the tick infestation Read More
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Broad Coalition of Mainers Urges Senators Collins and King to Reject Trump EPA Nominee, Scott Pruitt
News Release Portland, Maine – Today, a broad-based group of business, health, and conservation organizations and individuals announced their opposition to the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. The group sent a letter today to Senator Susan Collins, urging her to vote against Read More
At Bowdoin, Sen. Susan Collins Talks Trump, Climate Change, Political Polarization, Liberal Arts Colleges
By Rebecca Goldfine Bowdoin news story See video here. Susan Collins, a Republican senator known for her bipartisan efforts in Congress, came to Bowdoin October 25, 2016, for a discussion of current issues. In the hour-long event, Collins answered questions from members of a full audience in Pickard Theater, explaining her lack of support for Read More
NRCM Calls on Collins, King to Reject Trump EPA Nomination of Scott Pruitt
Statement of Lisa Pohlmann, executive director, Natural Resources Council of Maine “Scott Pruitt, President-Elect Trump’s selection to lead the EPA, is an anti-science, anti-environment ideologue. Over the last decade, he has sued the EPA to challenge nearly every major environmental protection, from the landmark Clean Power Plan to rules that protect clean water to standards Read More
Maine Should Be Thankful For its Legacy of Environmental Stewardship
By Lisa Pohlmann, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News Op-Ed I’m proud and thankful to be in Maine, where many of our leaders are environmental champions, where citizens care deeply and make their voices heard in policy decisions and where the beauty that surrounds us is a daily reminder of why protecting and restoring Read More
Why Continuing Dialogue is Crucial to the National Park Debate
By The BDN Editorial Board Bangor Daily News editorial The debate over the potential of a national park in the Maine woods has taken on urgency as the National Park Service and White House have shown an interest in creating a national monument near Baxter State Park. Elliotsville Plantation Inc., a nonprofit foundation started by Read More
National Park Service Opens Door to Dialogue
The negative reaction by Gov. LePage and members of Congress is the wrong response. By The Editorial Board Portland Press Herald editorial National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis should be applauded for the open-minded and constructive letter he sent to three members of Maine’s congressional delegation. Instead Maine officials are acting as if he threatened Read More
King, Collins Should Back North Woods Park Plan
By Marian McCue, Portland resident and former editor and publisher of The Forecaster The Forecaster op-ed Among the latest volleys in the fusillade hurled by Gov. Paul LePage last week was a vow to build a road through land proposed for a new national park in northern Maine. The land is owned by Roxanne Quimby, who Read More
Let Climate be Right for Bipartisan Effort against Global Warming
Climate change affects our public health and welfare, and threatens Maine’s nature-based economy. By Tony Owens and Russell Black Portland Press Herald op-ed We are two different people: a Republican farmer and legislator from rural western Maine and a Democratic physician from Cape Elizabeth. But as different as our backgrounds are, our concerns about climate Read More
