Maine Chapter News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2020 (Augusta, ME) — Three conservation groups have asked a federal judge to halt Central Maine Power’s (CMP) premature plans to begin construction on its controversial transmission line. The Appalachian...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PLEASE CONTACT: Colin Durrant (NRCM), colin@nrcm.org, (207) 200-4412; Susan Arnold (AMC), sarnold@outdoors.org, (603) 664-2050; Becky Bartovics (Sierra Club), bbartovics@gmail.com, (207) 390-0393 Appalachian Mountain Club...

On October 16, 2020, Sierra Club Maine filed a lawsuit in federal court in Maine seeking to force the U.S. Department of Energy to disclose records Sierra Club Maine requested nine months ago under the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA. In January...

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...

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...

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 Supplemental Comments on Amendments to Portfolio Requirement Rule (Chapter 311), Docket No. 2020-00212

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Sierra Club Comments on Amendments to Portfolio Requirement Rule

The Maine Supreme Court ruled that the referendum aiming to block the NECEC (CMP Corridor) Project is unconstitutional.