Energy Bill Also Increases Funding for Efficiency Programs, Commits to Lower Greenhouse Emissions

Not all environmental groups opposed the omnibus energy bill. Support from the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) hinged on increasing funding for the Efficiency Maine Trust and finalizing an agreement for Maine's continued participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases."It is hard to overstate the importa...