Jun 27, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Industry News, LePage Administration, Maine House, News, PLC Members in the News
MILLINOCKET, Maine — A lack of wood is one of several logjams preventing a Chinese investor from buying both Katahdin region paper mills for $1, one of the area’s state representatives says, though industry insiders say the wood’s affordability might be the real...
May 18, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Environmental
Tthe Ninth Circuit Court of appeals has decided to deny an en banc review of the NRDC vs. Brown decision which in essence classifies logging roads as point source for pollutants as well as logging operations as an industrial activity. This action will lead to the...
May 16, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Maine House, Maine Legislation, Maine Senate
May 16, 2011 AUGUSTA – The Maine Senate passed landmark legislation today to revamp Maine’s health insurance market. The measure, LD 1333, is designed to generate more competition and more choices and bring rates closer to national norms. It also sets up a...
May 10, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental
For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 10 Contact: Samantha DePoy-Warren, Maine DEP Spokesperson/Director of Education and Outreach samantha.depoy-warren@maine.gov / 287-5842 (office) or 592-0427 (cell) Maine DEP announces assistance hotline, services -Answered by the...
May 9, 2011 | American Loggers Council, Editorials, Environmental, Federal Regulations, Maine Regulations
ALC President – Matt Jensen In today’s business climate, U.S. companies are not strangers to environmental regulation. ALC’s visit to Washington DC in March proved to be an eye opening visit, especially as it related to what was learned about the...