Testimony in Opposition to LD 336, An Act Relating to Clean Water...
Dear Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee:I am the Staff Scientist with the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 331, Resolve, To Expand Economic Development in...
Dear Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee:I am the staff scientist with the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s...
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Billboards in Maine
AUGUSTA (WGME) -- In Augusta, several state lawmakers are pushing for more signs along Maine's interstates and highways, but some Mainers worry if exceptions are made for one it will open the door for...
View ArticleTestimony In Opposition to LD 269, An Act To Increase Opportunities on the...
Good afternoon Sen. Jackson, Rep. Dill, and members of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee. My name is Lisa Pohlmann. I am here today on behalf of the 12,000 members and supporters of...
View ArticleMaine's Decades-old Billboard, Signs Laws Under Attack
AUGUSTA — Maine's pioneering law banning highway billboards, enacted in 1977, is under siege at the State House.Lawmakers there are lining up behind nine bills that would grant variances to state sign...
View ArticleTestimony In Support of LD 165, An Act To Prohibit the Use of Eminent Domain...
Good afternoon Senator Valentino, Representative Priest and members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Eliza Donoghue. I am a resident of Farmington and am speaking today on behalf of the Natural...
View ArticleStatement In Support of LD 291—An Act to Transfer Responsibility for the...
Chairman Jackson, Chairman Dill, and members of the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. My name is Pete Didisheim. I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of...
View ArticleBills Repeal Use of Eminent Domain in Maine
AUGUSTA — A quiver of bills before the state Legislature's Judiciary Committee make it nearly impossible for private companies to benefit from the state's ability to take private lands for public use,...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 220, An Act to Ban the United Nations Agenda 21...
Senator Valentino, Representative Priest and members of the Judiciary Committee. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and I appreciate this...
View ArticleStatement in Opposition to LD 483 – An Act to Promote Small Businesses by...
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 ArticleBillboard Foes, Business Advocates Clash During Hearing on Sign Bill
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that would allow business owners to erect large signs on their properties triggered debate Friday between those who said the measure would help businesses and others who called...
View ArticleTestimony In Opposition of LD 646, “An Act to Remove the 100-megawatt Limit...
Senator Cleveland and Representative Hobbins,NRCM has been a steady supporter of Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard as it has evolved over the last decade, especially in 2007 when then Representative...
View ArticleComments by NRCM Regarding Nomination of Duane Lander to LUPC
My name is Cathy Johnson, I am a resident of Alna. I am the North Woods Project Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. I am here on behalf of NRCM’s 12,000 members and supporters in...
View ArticleComments by NRCM Regarding Nomination of Paul Underwood to LUPC
My name is Cathy Johnson, I am a resident of Alna. I am the North Woods Project Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. I am here on behalf of NRCM’s 12,000 members and supporters to speak...
View ArticleDon’t Let This Legislation Get Away: Open the St. Croix to Alewives
The Marine Resources Committee and the Maine Legislature should act this session to pass legislation — LD 72, presented by Rep. Madonna Soctomah of the Passamaquoddy Tribe — that would remove the...
View ArticleLePage Measure Would Remove 100-megawatt Cap for All Renewables
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers Tuesday rekindled a debate over how and whether state policy should play favorites when it comes to renewable energy.For the third time in as many legislative sessions,...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 470, An Act Regarding Working Waterfront Projects
Dear Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. My name is Nick Bennett. I am the Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Council of Maine,...
View ArticleAlewives' Passage in St. Croix Hinges on Passage of Bills in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Though reduced in numbers, the St. Croix River’s alewives have a lot of friends.At a legislative hearing Monday, speaker after speaker rose in support of a bill that would open most of the...
View ArticleTestimony In Support of LD 72, An Act to Open the St. Croix River to River...
Good morning Senator Johnson, Representative Kumiega and members of the Marine Resources Committee. My name is Nick Bennett. I am Staff Scientist for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM)....
View ArticleFight for Maine Fisheries Comes to Augusta
Augusta, Maine – Today, lobstermen, tribal representatives, Maine guides, fishermen, and scientists converged on the State House to urge passage of a bill that would finally allow St. Croix alewives to...
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