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Forestry and Farming Practices Can Help Climate Adaptation by Nancy Chandler
October 22, 2020
Natural lands in Maine currently sequester large amounts of carbon. Trees over 40 years old sequester carbon at a greater annual rate than younger trees, so planting new forests has more long term benefits than immediate ones. Instituting a...
NECEC Transmission Corridor: Crime Novel or Clean Energy Project?
October 22, 2020
By Meg Sheehan, Coordinator, North American Megadam Resistance Alliance
The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) hydroelectricity corridor project through Maine looks more like a crime novel every day. Hydro-Quebec, supplier of the...
Sierra Club Maine in Bangor Daily News
September 21, 2020
Chapter Director, Sarah Leighton, shares that we have a unique opportunity to be a leader in the fight against climate change in her recent opinion piece in the The Bangor Daily News. As she writes, "We have a moral obligation to act now. For...
Sierra Club Comments on Thermal RPS
September 14, 2020
Sierra Club Supplemental Comments on Amendments to Portfolio Requirement Rule (Chapter 311), Docket No. 2020-00212
Sierra Club's Comments to PUC 8/26/20
August 28, 2020
Sierra Club Comments on Amendments to Portfolio Requirement Rule
Ballot Initiative To Stop NECEC (CMP Corridor) Ruled Unconstitutional
August 19, 2020
The Maine Supreme Court ruled that the referendum aiming to block the NECEC (CMP Corridor) Project is unconstitutional.
Call Your Elected Officials to Support LD 1646!
July 21, 2020
Call Your Elected Officials Now-- Support LD 1646 and a Consumer-owned Utility!
Sierra Club Report on Myth of Renewable Natural Gas
July 16, 2020
Earthjustice and Sierra Club report on the 'Myth of Renewable Natural Gas' for Building Decarbonization