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Fairfield, ME - Volunteers with the Native Forest Network (NFN) staged a mock "Fossil Fool's Day" awards ceremony today at the offices of the Plum Creek Timber Company to draw attention to the potential impacts of the company's Moosehead region development proposal on the regional and global climate. If approved by the Land Use Regulation Commission, the group says, Plum Creek's plan would increase Maine's total carbon emissions by nearly 8%-- a growth in climate-altering pollution that the state's communities and ecosystems cannot afford.
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Plum Creek Plan: A Trojan Horse Devastation Disguised as Conservation Plum Creek is asking for a 400,000 acre zoning change to allow it to build the largest development in Maine history. The request is going to the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, aka LURC. ---------------------------------- LURC has closed the Public Comment period on the Plum Creek Plan, but people are encouraged to spread the word, contact the media, and make their voices heard about how this plan would affect the communities they care for. LURC is currently revising their Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP). This new CLUP will set the rules and regulations for the 10 million plus acres in Maine's...
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Following the lead of Howard Dearborn, a crowd packed onto a small bridge, and with a countdown overturned their bottles of Poland Spring water. They watched gleefully as it poured into a stream to flow back to where it belonged. In all, about fifty people turned up at Lovewell Pond in Fryeburg, Maine on Saturday in order to draw attention to the impact of large-scale water extraction on the watershed. Folks of all ages, from Fryeburg and the surrounding communities talked about their concerns over the ecosystem and their opposition to Poland Spring's proposed bottling plant in Fryeburg. Two representatives from Poland Spring were also present, in order to present their side of the story. Ron Dyer, environmental manager...
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The Lewiston City Council, in front of a room of about 200 people, voted a unanimous NO on sending the Casella plan to a November referendum. This happened in response to the hard work put in by people from around Lewiston and beyond, who worked to educate their neighbors and to organize to protect their communities. Local Maine community groups such as Lewiston's Don't Dump on ME, Old Town's We the People, and Athens CAPIT worked to support each other, helped eachother out and were successful in stopping the threat from Casella's toxic waste in this round of the work. Now it's important to keep an eye out on what the next Lewiston City Council does (don't forget,...
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Information about the national march for peace happening tomorrow.
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