News Release | Environment Maine

Environment Maine Criticizes Passage of Oil Pipeline Resolution

The State House today gave final approval by a vote of 72-67 to a resolution sponsored by calling on President Obama and Congress to rubber stamp the Keystone XL Pipeline, the proposed tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Environment Maine Director Emily Figdor says the resolution is reckless and sets a dangerous precedent for Maine.

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Maine Senate debates pipeline politics

Election-year presidential politics came to the Maine SEnate on Thursday as lawmakers voted along party lines to urge President Obama and Congress to complete the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Environment Maine says TransCanada's Keystone project wouldn't lower gas prices and would hurt the environment.

News Release | Environment Maine

Environment Maine Criticizes State Senate Passage of Resolution on Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline

The State Senate today passed by a vote of 17-15 a resolution sponsored by Senator Jon Courtney (R-York) calling on President Obama and Congress to rubber stamp the Keystone XL Pipeline, the proposed tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Environment Maine Director Emily Figdor says the resolution encourages short-circuiting enivronmental and safety reviews, setting a dangerous precedent for Maine.

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Senate Republicans approve resolution to support Keystone Pipeline; Democrats criticize move as politically motivated

Maine's Senate votes 17-15 to support a resolution in favor of the Keystone oil pipeline. Environment Maine director Emily Figdor says the only winner is Big Oil.

Report | Environment Maine Research & Policy Center

In the Path of the Storm

Since 2006, federally declared weather-related disasters in the United States have affected counties housing 242 million people – or roughly four out of five Americans. The breadth and severity of weather-related disasters in the United States – coupled with the emerging science on the links between global warming and extreme weather – suggest that the United States should take strong action to reduce emissions of global warming pollution and take steps to protect communities from global warming-fueled extreme weather events.

 

 

News Release | Environment Maine

Every Maine County Hit By At Least One Recent Weather Disaster; New Report Says Global Warming to Bring More Extreme Weather

After a year that saw many parts of the country hit by scorching heat, devastating wildfires, severe storms and record flooding, a new Environment Maine report documents how global warming could lead to certain extreme weather events becoming even more common or more severe in the future.  The report found that, already, every Maine county has been hit by at least one federally declared weather-related disaster since 2006.

Report | Environment Maine Research & Policy Center

Gobbling Less Gas for Thanksgiving

The week of Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, when many Americans are hit hard by the economic pain of our dependence on oil. However, if the average passenger vehicle met a 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) standard instead of the current 26.4 mpg standard, Americans would save millions at the gas pump on Thanksgiving travel this year.

News Release | Environment Maine

Clean Cars Would Cut Oil Use, Save Mainers $1 Million on Thanksgiving Travel

As Mainers prepare for one of the busiest travel holidays of the year, and just days after the Obama administration proposed new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, a new Environment Maine report finds that more fuel efficient cars would make significant cuts in oil use and save Mainers roughly $1 million at the gas pump this Thanksgiving alone.

News Release | Environment Maine

Obama Administration Proposes Historic Clean Car Standards

The Obama administration today officially proposed new clean car standards that represent the biggest step the U.S. has ever taken to get off oil and tackle global warming.

News Release | Environment Maine

Environment Maine Releases Plan to Transition Maine Off Oil

A comprehensive strategy to transition Maine off oil can reduce the state’s oil use by nearly 40% by 2030, according to the first-of-its-kind analysis released today by Environment Maine.

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