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Building Thriving Communities
January 10, 2019
Sierra Club Maine's Climate Action Advisory Team's Newest Publication that examines how Maine communities are safeguarding their future.
Maine Does Not Need a Natural Gas Pipeline from Quebec
October 20, 2017
BY Olin Jenner and Beverly RoxbyThis past month, Gov. LePage again proposed constructing a natural gas pipeline, this time to carry fuel from Quebec to Maine. The stated goal of the pipeline would be to lower Maine energy prices through the use of...
Interview with Center for an Ecology-Based Economy’s Scott Vlaun
August 28, 2017
Interview with Center for an Ecology-Based Economy’s Scott Vlaun By Alison ZnamierowskiThe Sierra Club Maine Chapter has small groups of committed environmentalists across the state called Climate Action Teams. The individuals who comprise...
Miho Aida Speaks in Support of ANWR and the Gwich'in People
July 19, 2017
Only a couple weeks later, I found myself back in Kate Simson Norfleet’s office, this time with Glen Brand, the Sierra Club Maine Chapter director, and Miho Aida, an environmental activist and filmmaker who directed the documentary “The Sacred...
Maine Environmental Youth Call Senator Collins to Action
July 19, 2017
Strolling out of One Canal Plaza into Portland’s bustling downtown, I felt a stirring of power, as if I truly fit in with the harried businessmen and women sweating it out in their jackets and heels, hurrying to attend to something assuredly...
Sierra Club Maine Resists Extra Fee for Electric, Hybrid Cars
April 25, 2017
Sierra Club Maine has made a case against what it is calling a proposal to implement "unreasonable and punitive" registration fees of $250 or $300 for owners of electric and hybrid vehicles. State lawmakers have proposed the extra charge as a way...
The True Costs of Single-Use Plastic Bags
April 5, 2017
Olin Jenner, an executive committe member of Sierra Club Maine, beseeched Maine legislators to phase out the use of plastic bags, which waste energy, pollute our environment, damage our oceans, and kill wildlife.
Addressing Sea Level Rise and Increased Storm Surges
April 5, 2017
Executive committe member Olin Jenner recently gave testimony on behalf of Sierra Club to urge Maine's legislators to take more action to address sea level rise and increased storm surges. Sierra Club supports LD 469.
Maine Needs to Protect Casco Bay from Oil Spills
April 5, 2017
Sierra Club Executive Committee member Olin Jenner recently gave testimony at the Maine Legislature in support of LD 450: An act to prevent oil spills in Casco Bay.