Legislature Sends St. Croix Alewife Restoration Bill to LePage
AUGUSTA, Maine — Emergency legislation to open the St. Croix River watershed to sea-run alewives easily won passage Wednesday in the Maine Senate and House. The bill, LD 72, now goes to Gov. Paul...
View ArticleTestimony in Support of LD 1181 - An Act to Further Strengthen the Protection...
Good Afternoon Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh, and honorable members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. My name is Lisa Pohlmann and I am the Executive Director of the Natural...
View ArticleMaine Lawmakers Go with Alewives’ Flow
Finally, after years of Maine politicians ignoring the science that supports the benefits of alewives returning to the upper reaches of the St. Croix River, they have acted on that scientific...
View ArticleLePage Energy Legislation Would Increase Maine Energy Bills by More Than $100...
“It is refreshing to see that Governor LePage now supports energy efficiency improvements as a key way to lower residential heating costs. Energy efficiency is our most cost-effective energy resource,...
View ArticleA Look at the Legislature's Energy Priorities
On Thursday, March 21, legislators, academics, renewable energy businesses and environmentalists gathered for a discussion on clean energy policy in Augusta, sponsored by the Environmental and Energy...
View ArticleKeep Energy Focus on Lasting Payoffs
Maine lawmakers have a number of big decisions to make about energy priorities after several bills were submitted to address issues such as natural gas pipeline capacity and energy efficiency programs....
View ArticleLePage Looks to Change Energy Efficiency Funding
AUGUSTA, Maine — Heating efficiency and weatherization programs could be reduced in favor of cutting electricity rates for select industries if an energy bill filed by the LePage administration this...
View ArticleNew Maine Law Will Let Alewives Return to the St. Croix River
Augusta, Maine -- Today, is a big day in the lives of river herring of the St. Croix River, as a bill became law that will finally allow alewives to return to spawn in upstream lakes (LD 72, An Act to...
View ArticleHistoric Fish Runs To Be Restored On International Boundary River
After nearly 20 years of exile from their native waters, alewives will once again migrate up the St. Croix River watershed. The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is pleased that Bill LD 72 became law on...
View ArticleLePage Allows Alewives Bill to Become Law
Eighteen years ago, the Legislature approved a blockade that prevented alewives from running up the St. Croix River.In a historic decision that largely went unnoticed, that blockade will be lifted in a...
View ArticleTestimony Neither For Nor Against LD 1292, An Act to Minimize the Use of...
Good Afternoon Chairman Boyle, Chairman Welsh, and distinguished members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. My name is Abby King and I am a Policy Advocate with the Natural Resources...
View ArticleTestimony in Support of LD 718, An Act To Protect Maine Food Consumers’ Right...
Good Afternoon Senator Jackson, Representative Dill, and distinguished members of the Joint Select Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. My name is Abby King and I am the Toxics Policy...
View ArticleMerger Would Boost Agricultural Projects at Expense of Conservation
The LePage administration is pushing through a plan to merge the Department of Conservation with the Department of Agriculture.We are concerned that this merger could jeopardize vital programs that...
View ArticleMaine House Rejects Bill to Loosen Sign Law
The Maine House has voted two to one against a measure that would allow more - and more prominent - signs on businesses and points of interest. Democratic Rep. Ann Peoples of Westbrook opposes the...
View ArticleOur View: Legislature should pass GMO labeling bill
Free markets work best when consumers have what they need to make informed choices. That is the concept behind L.D. 718, the genetically modified organism labeling bill now before the Legislature.That...
View ArticleNRCM Testimony in Support of LD 1427, "An Act To Establish a Resource and...
Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. My name is Pete Didisheim, I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources...
View ArticleMaine Bill to Slash Energy Costs Goes to Panel
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers plan to take up a compromise bill Tuesday that could lower energy costs by investing in increased efficiency and helping to pay for heating systems that burn less expensive...
View ArticleDam Opens for First Time in 22 Years for Alewives
BAILEYVILLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Alewives are a sea-run fish that grow in the ocean but come back to the lakes to spawn. But for the past two decades these fish have been limited to where they can...
View ArticleMaine Senate Votes to Repeal Mandate for East-West Highway Study
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate has given final approval to a bill that repeals a requirement for a feasibility study on the proposed east-west highway.The Senate's final approval Tuesday sent the bill,...
View ArticleLePage Withholding Support for Energy Bill, Wants Wind Rules Changed
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature’s Energy Committee that’s aimed at expanding Maine’s natural gas infrastructure,...
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