Maine Citizens Rally for Land for Maine’s Future
AUGUSTA – Heralding the economic benefit of conserving Maine’s natural resources, citizens, fishermen, sportsmen, conservationists, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle called on the Legislature...
View ArticleGroups Urge Lawmakers to Refill Land for Maine’s Future Coffers
AUGUSTA, Maine — As lawmakers return to the State House this week, a coalition of organizations and individuals is urging legislators to support a $5 million bond proposal for the Land for Maine’s...
View ArticleGroup Pushes $5 Million Bond Package for Land for Maine's Future Program
AUGUSTA — A group of lawmakers, sporstmen, snowmobiliers and conservationists will hold a press conference at the State House today in support of a putting a $5 million state-borrowing package for the...
View ArticleMaine Legislature Defeats Regulatory Takings Bill
Among its actions this week, the Legislature defeated a controversial “regulatory takings” bill that would have cost Maine taxpayers millions of dollars, caused a proliferation of lawsuits, and blocked...
View ArticleMaine Governor Signs LURC Reform Bill
Gov. Paul LePage today signed a bill that does away with the organization that's been overseeing land use and planning in Maine's unorganized territories for the past 40 years.LD 1798 replaces the...
View ArticleLawmakers Mostly Stand Up Against Environmental Assault
Republican state Senator Thomas Saviello, at one point widely considered a foe of Maine's environment, may have just saved it. At the least, he was a leader in saving a good part of it. Saviello and a...
View ArticleLePage Should Have Attended Dam Ceremony
On Monday, Maine showed the world how to advance economic and environmental interests at the same time with a comprehensive project that involved state, federal and tribal governments along with...
View ArticleBattle Over Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain is almost as tall as the pile of broken dreams it has created. Ever since a large, but low-quality, deposit of copper, zinc, gold, and silver was discovered there in the late 1970s,...
View ArticleEast-West Highway Bids Sought Well Before Law Signed
The Maine Department of Transportation began seeking a contractor to conduct a feasibility study of an east-west highway across Maine weeks before Gov. Paul LePage signed the bill authorizing the...
View ArticleSad Story of Loon That Died from Preventable Lead Poisoning
Linda and I were working in the garden when we heard a voice hollering from the woods. I thought I heard, "I've got a loon and need help."That didn't make a lot of sense to me, but...
View ArticleMaine Moms Versus Gov. LePage on BPA in Baby Products
A group gathered at the capitol Wednesday to march to the governor's office with jars of baby food. They say the plastic in the metal cap contains BPA, and they've created a citizens initiative to ban...
View ArticleMoms Protest LePage Position on BPA
AUGUSTA - A group of mothers gathered at the State House on Wednesday to protest a LePage administration recommendation that they say doesn't go far enough to protect young children from the chemical...
View ArticlePanel Offers Warm Reaction to LePage Plan for Lower Emissions, Energy Prices
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Democratic chairmen of the Legislature’s energy committee Tuesday said they were encouraged by Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to use carbon auction revenues to directly lower...
View ArticleRival Measures Would Restore Alewives into the St. Croix
The future of spawning alewife runs in the St. Croix River will likely be decided by state lawmakers next month as they evaluate rival bills aimed at allowing the fish back into the watershed.The...
View ArticleLegislators Debate Tax Credit for Electric Cars
AUGUSTA — A bill that creates up to a $1,000 tax credit for those who purchase a plug-in electric vehicle by 2017 is working its way through the Legislature.It's the second time in as many years that...
View ArticleBill Would Loosen Roadside Sign Restrictions
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Belgrade lawmaker is reintroducing legislation that mobilized opposition from the tourism industry and scenic beauty advocates two years ago. The bill would allow businesses more...
View ArticleNine Bills Seek to Loosen Restrictions on Maine Highway Signs
AUGUSTA — Maine's pioneering law banning highway billboards has withstood the test of time since it was enacted in 1977. But the spirit of highway beautification is under siege at the State...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 407 Resolve, Directing the Maine Turnpike...
Senator Mazurek, Representative Theriault and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 404, An Act to Exempt Snowmobile Clubs from...
Senator Valentino, Representative Mazurek, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 332: Resolve, To Direct the Department of...
Senator Mazurek, Representative Theriault and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of...
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