Natural Resources Council of Maine

The National Resources Council of Maine, based in Augusta, is the state’s leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting, restoring and conserving Maine’s environment.

A bill to make it easier to recycle both single-use alkaline and lithium-ion batteries in Maine has been signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills.

Mainers are one step closer to being able to utilize compact, plug‑in solar kits to reduce their household’s energy bill, with the legislature’s passage of LD 1730.

The lawsuit claims the repeal violates the Clean Air Act, ignores the scientific record and abandons safeguards that protect communities living near and downwind of coal plants. In Maine, mercury levels in fish, loons and eagles are among the highest in North America.

The Chamber says LD 1870 is “costly, redundant and unnecessary.” More than two dozen business associations have expressed their opposition to the bill.

Avangrid Inc. secured the final permit required for the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line project, years in the making.

Rebeccah Sanders will move back to Maine from Chicago, where she was chief field and strategy officer for National Audubon Society.