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Pine Tree Amendment puts Mainers over corporations Letter Share Maine thrives because of its natural wonders and hard-working people. So much of Maine depends on our environment: tourism, guides, agriculture, outdoor recreation. However, there are no legal protections for our environment in the Maine constitution. The Pine Tree Amendment will be a provision inserted into the constitution that will guarantee these essential protections. The amendment states that, “The people of the State have...

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 4:45pm Dear Editor: Over the past few years in the Midcoast and across Maine, we have witnessed citizens and their communities rise up to assert local control over proposed and old industrial developments that they deem are or will be harmful to their health and environment. Industrial-size fish farms, fracked gas pipelines, electricity power lines, and fossil fuel tank farms have all been the targets of recent citizen mobilization. Intuitively people know that prote...

AUGUSTA — Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, introduced Monday the Pine Tree Amendment, which would amend the state’s Constitution to ensure all Mainers have the right to a healthy environment. LD 489, “RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the...

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Senator Chloe Maxmin's Pine Tree Amendment, legislative bill LD489. This important bill would establish that Maine citizens have an inherent and inalienable right to clean air, water, and a healthy environment...