Opponents Rip LePage Plan to Diminish Maine’s Role in Anti-smog Efforts

AUGUSTA, Maine — Opposition is mounting to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to limit Maine’s role in a 13-state initiative designed to curb the production of smog under the federal Clean Air Act.Numerous environmental groups and legislative Democrats weighed in against the proposal on Tuesday, with lawmakers calling it a “race to the bottom that would put polluters ah...