PORTLAND, Maine, March 21 -- Maine Policy Institute issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * Maine Policy Institute CEO Matthew Gagnon issued the following statement today following the Maine Bureau of Environmental Protection's rejection of Chapter 127-A: Advanced Clean Cars II Program: "Maine Policy commends the BEP for its vote today rejecting the proposed EV mandates. These rules were costly, problematic, unrealistic and would have done nothing to measurably mitigate climat  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 21 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, after more than a year of rulemaking and public engagement, Maine's Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) voted not to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) rule, leaving billions in health and consumer savings off the table. The decision is a dramatic departure from Maine's decades-long commitment to protecting the health of communities by using science to reduce  more