Environment Maine, a project of Environment America, is a policy and action group with one mission: to build a greener, healthier world.
Maine, USA
Joined October 2010
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Yesterday, Maine lawmakers held a hearing on a policy to make 9 appliances more energy-efficient. Adopting these standards is a common-sense opportunity to reduce energy waste and reduce pollution. #CleanestEnergy environmentamerica.org/maine…
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A plan to save #moose, #wolverines, #monarchs, #salmon & other #wildlife. environmentamerica.org/artic…
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The chapter of history where New England burned coal to produce electricity is coming to an end. The region's last remaining coal-fired power plant now has a closure date. #Go100Percent #ActOnClimate
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Major energy milestone in New England: Region's last remaining coal-fired power plant slated for closure. Our statement here.
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Gulls and terns and shearwaters, oh my! Check out some of the birds that call the Gulf of Maine home: environmentamerica.org/maine…
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Register for Renewables on the Rise: Success Stories to learn how renewable energy is on the rise in your state and how you can be a part of the change. environmentamerica.org/cente…
Join Ken Kimmell and Phil Coupe at Renewables on the Rise: Success Stories to get the inside scoop of what it takes to bring more renewable energy online to keep renewables on the rise.
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Need some good news to kick off the new year? Hear how far renewable energy has come in Maine by registering for Renewables on the Rise: Success Stories. environmentamerica.org/cente…
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Merry and bright: one more thing to be thankful for this year is the rise of renewable energy. Join us for Renewables on the Rise: Success Stories to celebrate. environmentamerica.org/cente…
A Maine plan to save wildlife, the need for funding, and early leadership from @SenatorCollins and @SenAngusKing. See the story. environmentamerica.org/artic…
To 📷 energy bills & 📷 climate pollution, Maine sought to get 100k #heatpumps in 📷 by 2025. Done and done.
What do you do when you beat a goal 2 years ahead of schedule? Raise the ambition!
@GovJanetMills' NEW goal is 175k heat pumps by 2027!
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Great story in the @PressHerald about how inefficient fluorescent lightbulbs, which contain mercury, are on their way out in Maine. #CleanLighting #EndToxicLighting pressherald.com/2023/07/14/f…
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act will invest $1.4 billion each year in state and tribal conservation plans to help wildlife thrive. Thank you @SenatorCollins for co-sponsoring this landmark bill! #WildlifeCantWait
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"It’s time for the Forest Service to embrace a new era of federal forest management. It begins by pulling the plug on Telephone Gap." #ClimateForests are #WorthMoreStanding #LetTreesGrow #StopTelephoneGap rutlandherald.com/opinion/co…
Today we're delivering more than 13,000 petition signatures urging the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to protect wolves in their new management plan.
Thank you to everyone who signed on. #SaveTheWolves #StopExtinction
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge provides critical nesting & feeding habitat for a variety of migratory birds along the Atlantic Flyway, including the threatened piping plover. Over 2+ decades, Rachel Carson NWR has received investments totaling more than $24M from #LWCF
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"Recent headlines have climate change-concerned Americans scratching their heads. Did President Biden’s Earth Day message about mitigating climate change by protecting mature and old-growth forests get lost in the woods?"#ClimateForests #WorthMoreStanding
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.@EnvAm & @EnvironmentME proudly endorse @GovJanetMills & @chelliepingree for being green champions for Maine on environmental issues from clean energy to plastic pollution. Vote to elect these champs on or before Nov 8! bit.ly/3sGLEbF
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Stellwagen Bank is one of the most important ocean areas in the Gulf of Maine! Its banks, basins, sandy bottoms (and shipwrecks!) are home to over 570 species of wildlife including fish, seabirds, deep-sea corals & 🐳@sanctuaries @NOAASBNMS
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"As we discover just how little we know about our own planet’s great beyond, let’s do whatever we can to ensure these strange, amazing places in our oceans can thrive without end." -@KelseyLamp on the #CanyonsAndSeamounts & why we need to protect the deep environmentamerica.org/cente…
