Thursday - December 26, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Friday November 22, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Conservation Law Foundation: Maine Releases Updated Climate Action Plan
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Plan will not drive bold action needed now * * * (Portland, ME) - Maine's Climate Council released the final version of the state's updated climate action plan. The plan provides recommendations to reduce pollution and is intended to chart a path for the state to slash climate-damaging emissions over time. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response.   more

Natural Resources Council of Maine: Updated Climate Action Plan is Opportunity for Maine to Lead
AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: The Maine Climate Council released its updated Climate Action Plan today as is statutorily required under a bipartisan climate law passed in 2019. Since the first Climate Action Plan was published in 2020, the impacts of climate change have become more pronounced, causing damage to critical infrastructure, harm to local communities, and interruptions to Maine's way of  more

Senate Passes Credentialing Reform Bill Championed by ATA
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 21 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act passed the Senate unanimously early this morning, taking a crucial step closer to becoming law. The American Trucking Associations thanked Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), and Angus King (I-Maine) for introducing the bill and moving it forward in the Senat  more

UMass Lowell and Home Base Collaborate to Support Veterans' Health and Well-Being
LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * New LINC Partner Builds on University Expertise in Human Performance * * * Home Base, a National Center of Excellence dedicated to providing lifesaving clinical care for the invisible wounds of war, has announced a partnership with UMass Lowell as its next location to expand its regional footprint. This new site, situated within the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC  more