Mark Scheerer, Public News Service – ME Public News Service news story YARMOUTH, Maine – They haven’t left yet, but where will Maine’s animals – and plants – go if the global climate continues warming? And which will be moving up to Maine from the south? Scientists and land management experts, including many in Maine, Read More
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States Hoping to Force Action on Emissions
Maine is among 18 states taking the EPA to court over its failure to address a greenhouse gas ruling. Portland Press Herald news story Maine and 17 other states are taking the EPA back to court in an effort to force it to take regulatory action regarding greenhouse gas emissions. The states announced plans to Read More
Cut Carbon, Save Money
Bangor Daily News editorial Increasingly businesses are making what may be viewed as environmentally friendly decisions because they help their bottom lines. Wal-Mart, for example, has committed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2012 and to make its truck fleet 30 percent more energy efficient. This week, the proposed buyers of Read More
UM Lauded for Energy-saving Work
Efficiency Maine awards $50,000 as incentive by Emily Southwick The Maine Campus news story Last Friday, Efficiency Maine awarded the university $50,000 as an incentive for its recent energy-saving measures, and another check for more than $8,000 is on the way. Everywhere across the University of Maine campus, efforts are being made to reduce energy Read More
Maine Governor Baldacci Tackles Global Warming
All American Patriots news story February 7, 2007 — AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci opened the Forum on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Decisions for Maine Wednesday morning by discussing Maine’s efforts to address climate change. “The Maine Department of Environmental Protection developed Maine’s Climate Action Plan, one of the first in the Read More
Redington Fight Emblematic of Maine’s Challenge
By Theo Stein Portland Press Herald op-ed There’s been Sturm und Drang aplenty over the Land Use Regulation Commission’s decision not to approve a 90-megawatt wind- power project proposed for a roadless mountain tract near Sugarloaf Mountain. That’s to be expected and, one could argue, even healthy. After all, these are grand issues at stake. Read More
Western Maine Wind Farm Gets Important Support; Opponents Angry
WCSH6-TV news story The Appalachian Mountain Club, Maine Audubon and other trail organizations are angry that the staff of Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission is supporting a major wind power project in Western Maine. LURC is scheduled to vote on Maine Mountain Power’s application next Wednesday in Farmington. The project would site 30 wind turbines Read More
Global Warming Plan a Priority
by John Richardson, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA – A plan to limit global warming pollution from power plants — the first such effort in the United States — is about to reach Maine’s Legislature. The Baldacci administration has been negotiating for about three years with eight other Northeastern states to create Read More
Franklin County Eyes Wind Project for Kibby Mtn.
By Betty Jespersen, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story FARMINGTON — A multibillion dollar Canadian energy company proposing 44 wind turbines for mountains in northern Franklin County got a mixed reception from county commissioners Tuesday. Two commissioners said they feel using wind as an alternative energy source is a good idea. One was concerned about Read More
