Real Results For Maine's Environment

Generating Clean Energy
Maine’s environment and public health will be better protected, thanks to Environment Maine’s work with the Utilities and Energy Committee and Gov. Baldacci to increase by 10 percent our energy production from wind and other clean sources by 2017.

Curbing Global Warming
The second-biggest source of global warming pollution in Maine—fossil fuel-burning power plants—will be cleaned up through a regional effort in which Environment Maine convinced state officials to participate.

Cutting Tailpipe Pollution
Maine’s air will be cleaner and global warming pollution will be reduced thanks to two Environment Maine clean car victories. In 2005, the state passed a program to introduce more hybrids to our roads and another to cut global warming pollution by 30 percent from all new cars by 2016.

Conserving Our Ocean Legacy
In 2006, Environment Maine’s advocacy and activism at the federal level helped convince Congressional champions Rep. Allen and Sen. Snowe to renew the historic Magnuson-Stevens Act, which protects vulnerable wildlife populations from over-fishing.

Protecting Our Coastal Waters
In 2006, we held the line on coastal protection, maintaining the moratorium on new oil and gas drilling off New England’s coasts, and pushed Congress to address rising gas prices and our dependence on oil with cleaner cars, clean energy and more fuel efficiency.

Saving Our Wild Forests
After Environment Maine enlisted Gov. Baldacci to join a lawsuit opposing the Bush administration’s threats to roll back protections for 17,000 acres of Maine’s White Mountain National Forest, a federal judge ruled in our favor, protecting these pristine forests.

Protecting Moosehead Lake
Thanks in part to Environment Maine’s research revealing the sham conservation deal and our work educating over 30,000 Mainers, the Seattle-based real estate giant Plum Creek was forced again to scale back its attempted development of Moosehead Lake.

Stopping Aerial Pesticide Spraying
Since 2005, the state’s two largest blueberry growers, Cherryfield Foods and Jasper Wyman and Sons, have stopped aerial pesticide spraying after Environment Maine joined local activists in taking legal action. Pesticides had contaminated drinking water and nearby rivers that are home to the endangered Atlantic salmon.

Preserving The Arctic
Despite the power and influence of the Bush administration and ExxonMobil, the support of Environment Maine’s members has helped prevent Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling every time it has been proposed.

Preserving Our Natural Heritage
Maine’s special places and recreational landmarks, such as Katahdin Iron Works and Maquoit Bay, stand a better chance of protection thanks to an Environment Maine-backed Land for Maine’s Future bond approved by voters in 2005.