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Most Recent NewsNew Report: Pollution Up at Maine's Beaches 7/28/2010As Mainers and vacationers from around the country flock to Maine’s beaches, a new report released today by Environment Maine finds that the state’s beaches suffer from serious contamination – including human and animal waste – that can make people sick. Environment Maine Launches TV Ad Criticizing Key Vote by Senators Snowe and Collins 6/15/2010Environment Maine launched a TV ad today criticizing Senators Snowe and Collins for voting last week to block Clean Air Act limits on global warming pollution. Senators Snowe and Collins Vote to Increase Oil Dependence, Gut the Clean Air Act 6/10/2010As the damage escalates from the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Environment Maine strongly criticized Senators Snowe and Collins today for voting in favor of legislation that would have blocked new rules requiring cars and light trucks to use less oil. Most Recent ReportsBuilding Better: How High-Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming 3/31/2010We can save money and help solve global warming by reducing the amount of energy we use, and the best place to start is in the buildings we live and work in every day. Over 40 percent of our energy – and 10 percent of all the energy used in the world – goes toward powering America’s buildings, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Today’s high-efficiency homes and buildings prove that we have the technology and skills to drastically improve the efficiency of our buildings while simultaneously improving their comfort and affordability. If we apply those lessons to all buildings, we can reduce overall building energy consumption 35 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050. Building a Solar Future: Repowering America’s Homes, Businesses and Industry with Solar Energy 3/09/2010America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges—our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming—while also boosting our economy. Plug-in Cars: Powering America Toward a Cleaner Future 1/20/2010Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Maine. Our Issues in the NewsAcadia Letter to the Editor 7/16/2010Environment Maine welcomes President Barack Obama and his family to Acadia National Park for their summer vacation. Maine's Two Senators Pressured to Reject Murkowski Resolution 6/09/2010Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will take up a controversial measure that would restrict the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to control the release of greenhouse gases by cars and industry. Maine's two moderate Republican senators are considered swing votes on Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's resolution. Both Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe have been critical of EPA rules and won't say how they will vote, which is unsettling to environmental groups and state officials. Report outlines savings from efficient buildings 4/02/2010Families in Maine could save more than $2,000 a year on their energy bills in coming decades if government invests in making the state's buildings more energy efficient, according to a new report. |