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Interning with Sierra Club Maine
September 22, 2015
Interning with Sierra Club Maineby Haley PlanteI’ve always wished I could say that I’m a Mainer, born and raised, but I was actually born in New Hampshire. Still, I try to make that claim, and consider myself a native since I’ve lived here for 80%...
Time to Switch to Clean Energy and Clean Energy Cars
September 9, 2015
Time to Switch to Clean Energy and Clean Energy Cars By Lyn Sudlow, Sierra Club Maine ExCom MemberNational Drive Electric Day is coming up and we are celebrating it here in Maine at the South Portland Community Center at 21 Nelson Road in...
Maine CATs: To Change Everything, It Takes Everyone
May 28, 2015
June 2015Maine CATs: To Change Everything, It Takes EveryoneBy Miriam Rubin, Maine Climate Action Team Advisory Committee ChairClimate Action Teams (CATs) hit the ground running, cruising on the momentum generated by the People’s Climate March last...
Train Time for Maine's Twin Cities
May 26, 2015
Train Time for the Twin Citiesby Anthony J. Donovan, Sierra Club Maine Transportation & Energy CommitteeRail transportation corridors in Maine represent viable and attractive transportation options that can contribute to the economic prosperity...
Earth Day: Moving Maine (and Gov. LePage) Towards a 100% Clean Energy Economy
May 17, 2015
EARTH DAY: MOVING MAINE (AND GOV. LEPAGE) TOWARDS A 100% CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMYBy Glen Brand, Director, Sierra Club MaineOn the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the most pressing environmental problems were worsening air, water and toxic...
Stop Ignoring the Scientific Facts and Take Action
March 2, 2015
Stop Ignoring the Scientific Facts and Take Actionby Lynda Sudlow, Sierra Club Maine Executive CommitteeA recent commentary printed in the Portland Press Herald (January 30, 2015) by M.D. Harmon proclaims that there is “No sound basis for...
How will Maine respond to the next spruce budworm outbreak?
February 20, 2015
Today, there is concern that a new spruce budworm outbreak is imminent. Our neighbors to the north in Quebec are already experiencing a major infestation, with more than 8 million acres of forest affected. History tells us that it’s just a matter of...
Keeping Maine a Blessed Place
February 9, 2015
We have no idea how blessed we are and perhaps that is our job here: to help us remember what a blessed place we live in, in a government that is designed to be interactive in a state where there are far more trees than humans, where migratory...
Club, Chapter, Community
December 13, 2014
December 13, 2014Club, Chapter, CommunityBy Tara Hollander, Sierra Club Maine Executive Committee MemberFrom a favorite climbing tree, or love of swimming in fresh water lakes, to those first bike rides of freedom from home, or hikes on the trail...
Maine Needs Clean Elections for a Clean Environment
November 7, 2014
Maine Needs Clean Elections for a Clean Environmentby Susan van Alsenoy, Sierra Club Maine Executive Committee MemberArriving at the polling station in Waldoboro, Maine, at 8 o’clock in the morning, I was delighted to find that I would be able to...