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Awards Honor Mainers for Lasting Contributions to Maine's Environment

NRCM is pleased to present 2021 Conservation Leadership Awards to four Mainers for their lasting contributions to Maine's environment.

Agency hears testimony on disputed section of $1B power line

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Opponents of a $1 billion electric transmission project that cuts across a swath of Maine forest urged state environmental regulators Tuesday to revoke the entire project's license over a disputed 1-mile lease on state land.

Agency hears testimony on disputed section of $1B power line

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Opponents of a $1 billion electric transmission project that cuts across a swath of Maine forest urged state environmental regulators Tuesday to revoke the entire project's license over a disputed 1-mile lease on state land.

Agency hears testimony on disputed section of $1B power line

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Commentary: Legislative session delivers big victories for Maine's environment

Commentary: Legislative session delivers big victories for Maine’s environment Bipartisan policymaking resulted in laws to conserve land, promote clean energy, address climate change, protect clean water and reduce pollution. By Lisa Pohlmann and Pete DidisheimSpecial to the Press Herald Share Although this was a challenging year for lawmakers because of the pandemic, the Legislature was remarkably successful in enacting a broad range of environmental laws that will benefit Mainers for years to come. By almost any measure, Maine’s environment was a big winner in the 2021 legislative session. Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth and other state parks, which have been experiencing record visitation, will benefit from the $50 million allocated to address a backlog of maintenance projects.

74 Maine Groups Call for Broad Federal Infrastructure Investment

A broad federal infrastructure investment is needed to give Maine the chance to recover from the pandemic stronger and tackle climate change.

Celebrating Pride: Common Connections in Maine's Environment

Maine Groups Praise US Leadership at International Climate Summit

News Release by the Natural Resources Council of Maine and Maine Conservation Voters April 22, 2021 (Augusta, Maine) Maine environmental groups say that the two-day Leaders Summit on Climate convened today by President Joe Biden has returned the United States to a position of global leadership on climate action that will deliver real benefits to Maine people and communities. The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) and Maine Conservation Voters (MCV) are also praising the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will set a new goal for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 as part of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Climate Agreement. The groups say that the federal government’s actions on climate are critical to help Maine achieve the goals it set in a statewide Climate Action Plan released in December 2020.

Hannaford says it no longer sends any waste food to landfills

Read Article Jeff Gouzie, assistant store manager at Hannaford Supermarkets in Buxton, moves a shopping cart with bread to be donated from the Hannaford on Forest Avenue in Portland on Tuesday. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Hannaford Supermarkets announced Tuesday that it is no longer sending food waste to landfills from any of its 183 stores in New England and upstate New York. The Scarborough-based company said it is the first large grocery retailer in the Northeast to achieve the feat. Company officials said they have been able to do so through careful management of store deliveries, donations to food pantries and farms, and working with a Maine trash-to-energy operation to convert food that can’t be used otherwise into fuel.