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Sierra Club Comments on Hazards of PFAS
August 28, 2019
At the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's PFAS Taskforce meeting on August 28, 2019, Sierra Club commented on the hazards of incineration of PFAS containing biosolids.
Maine Wants a Clean Energy Economy—Let’s Make Sure It's for Everyone!
July 24, 2019
Mainers are ready to protect our people and our planet -- and for the first time in years, our State House is aligning with communities to take bold action on climate.
Sierra Club at Pittsfield Solar Farm Celebrating Ready for 100 Bill Signing
June 27, 2019
Sue Levene: Sierra Club Maine Chapter Chair, Ben Schade: Sierra Club Maine Summer Intern and Ryan Dunfee: Sierra Club National Addup Campaign Strategy Manager travelled to the Pittsfield Solar Farm to witness Janet Mills sign three climate and clean...
Executive Committee Minutes - April 2019
May 31, 2019
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ExComm Sierra Club Maine meeting
April 25, 2019
Chair Levene called the meeting to order at 6pm.
Attending members: Brautigan, Jenner, Johnson, Fulford, Kelly, Ringelstein, Roxby, Tucker. Also, Alice Elliott, Becky...
Press Coverage of our Climate Conference
May 30, 2019
The Free Press - Serving Midcoast Maine since 1985 covers our climate conference!
Testimony in Support of LD 1711 An Act to Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine
May 23, 2019
LD 1711 will likely stimulate demand for smaller distributed Solar PV projects that opt for the
simplicity of net metering. It will do so by increasing the cap to 1 MB and number of participants
from 9 to 200. Beneficiaries of this loosening of...
Testimony in Favor of LD 1646 An Act To Restore Local Ownership and Control of Maine's Power Delivery Systems
May 23, 2019
Sierra Club Maine supports LD 1646, a bill that creates the Maine Power Delivery Authority as a
consumer-owned utility to acquire and operate all transmission and distribution systems in the State
currently operated by the monopoly investor-owned...
Testimony in Support of LD #1679An Act to Establish the Maine Climate Change Council to Assist Maine to Mitigate, Prepare for and Adapt to Climate Change
May 23, 2019
We salute the Governor and her Commissioners for developing this far reaching proposal to
address Climate Change, the most serious threat to the future of our state. This bill obviously
was the result of enormous effort and we commend you for...
Testimony In Favor Of LD 1494 An Act To Reform Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard
May 5, 2019
We encourage the use of Clean and Renewable Resources only. We prefer carbon and pollution free
energy sustainably collected from renewable sources including wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal. We
encourage you to incentivize these resources over...
EPA's comments to the Army Corps Public Notice on NECEC
May 3, 2019
As the lead Federal agency for the review of the project under NEPA and for CWA Section 404 permitting, USACE holds the primary responsibility to coordinate both in a predictable and transparent manner. The lack of an organized, consolidated...