AUGUSTA, Maine, March 22 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Today, Maine lawmakers will vote on LD2028,"an Act to Amend Certain Tax Laws," a bill submitted by the Department of Financial Services to make technical changes to the tax laws in Maine. While in committee, the bill was weakened when language to tax tobacco products equally was removed. Therefore, Public health advocates are urging lawmakers instead to support   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finalized today its designation of a Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine. Conservation Law Foundation released the following statement in response. "The designation of a Final Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine is a major step in the transition of our energy economy from dirty fossil fuels to clean wind energy. BOEM did a tho  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, March 23 -- The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities issued the following news release: New products from a centuries-old industry are making their way to the marketplace. This is thanks to a five-year initiative designed to generate market demand for sustainably sourced wood from the Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. The Future Forest Economy Initiative (FFEI) funded 13 projects that generated substantial economic development opp  more