Action for a greener, healthier Maine

Trouble in the Air

Millions of Americans breathed polluted air in 2020. Learn more.

Trash in America

The United States produces too much waste. Find out more about what’s in our trash, where it goes — and what we should do with it.

Reconnecting Nature

Join us for a tour of seven different types of wildlife corridor projects across the U.S. that are working to connect natural areas. 

Maine passes nation’s first plastic producer responsibility law

Plastic producers often bear little responsibility for the waste their products become. That's changing in Maine.

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Blog Post

Electrify UPS: A zero emission shipping strategy

In order to address climate change, the shipping industry must dramatically reduce global warming emissions by electrifying their trucking fleets.

News Release | Environment America Research & Policy Center

Statement: Secretary Haaland outlines bold plan for offshore wind leasing

In an effort to meet the Biden administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a plan Wednesday for new offshore wind leasing. Under the plan, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) could hold as many as seven new lease sales in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts by 2025. 

Blog Post

Gray wolves left vulnerable without endangered species protections

Fewer than 6,000 gray wolves remain in the contiguous United States, but last year the Trump administration stripped the species of its endangered species protections. Now states are free to enact laws that allow the killing of up to 90% of their gray wolf population. 

Blog Post

Victory for Nature: Monuments Restored

President Biden delivers a major conservation win, a thrill to all who worked on this

News Release | Environment Maine

Statement: Biden to protect New England’s ocean legacy by restoring safeguards for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts

President Joe Biden is expected to restore protections Friday for three national monuments. The original protections for the U.S. Atlantic’s only marine monument, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, will be reinstated after being stripped during the Trump administration. The President is also expected to restore the original boundaries for two Utah areas, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.