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May 6th, 2015 | Tags: aroostook, Irving, mining | Category: Community Rights, Grassroots Movements, Maine, News, Statewide, Towns, other, United States | Link to Original Article
Op-Ed in the BDN by Dennis Chinoy | May 6, 2015
Contributed photo A screenshot from the website of Aroostook Resources, a firm that formed to mine in Aroostook County.
In December 2012, three lawyers from the legal firm Pierce Atwood published a somewhat self-congratulatory article in a mining journal. “About Face: How a mine moved toward operating in Maine” described how the authors helped craft a bill mandating relaxed mining regulations on […]
Continue reading Will legislators take mining ‘jobs’ bait this time around?
Note to readers: There are two email postings listed first, and then STEWC’s Testimony on LD 1168 is listed last. On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Chris Buchanan <chris(at)defendingwater(dot)net> wrote: Hi all,
I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend! I was up in Sangerville yesterday and everything seemed so alive. I love seeing the yard sales starting up again. I hope everyone’s appreciating the sunshine as much as I am! I wanted to follow up on […]
Continue reading Updates on LD 1168 & STEWC Testimony
April 30th, 2015 | Tags: Bucksport, Maria Girouard, Penobscot | Category: Community Rights, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, Multimedia, News, Penobscot Nation, Photo, Resources, Towns, other, United States | Article by Charles Eichacker | Ellsworth American | April 30, 2015
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March 25th, 2015 | Tags: Andi Vigue, Chris Buchanan, cianbro, East-West Corridor, east-west highway, EWC, grandmothers against the east west corridor, Paul Davis, peter vigue, Ralph Chapman | Category: Community Rights, E/W Legislation, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters | Op-Ed by Chris Buchanan | March 25, 2015
The proposed East-West Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Corridor has raised important public policy questions regarding the state’s transportation policy. Two bills have been introduced by our Maine legislators to ensure the proper role for the state in transportation planning, maintenance, and development, without increasing regulations or stymying infrastructure that is desired by local people. The bills would create an equal playing field for all significant transportation proposals that may utilize the Public-Private-Partnership […]
Continue reading New bills to preserve State control over transportation development, and eminent domain
March 17th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, Indian Claims Settlement Act, Janet Mills, John Banks, Land Claims Settlement Act, Orono, Penobscot Nation | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Nok-Noi Ricker | BDN Orono resident and Penobscot Indian Nation member Maria Girouard speaks to the Orono Community Development Committee about withdrawing from a lawsuit the Penobscot have against the state over tribal waters. “I have a sense you don’t really understand the severity of the decision,” she told council members. “I’ve spent the good part of a year or so [educating people] and nobody has any idea that the state government is in this fight with the […]
Continue reading Orono panel endorses withdrawal from Penobscot Nation water rights lawsuit
February 5th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, mpbn, Patty Aho, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River, water quality standards | Category: Audio, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, International, Legal, Legal Tools, Maine, Multimedia, News, Other, Penobscot Nation, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Link to Original Article and Radio Program
By SUSAN SHARON • FEB 5, 2015 | Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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AUGUSTA, Maine – In a decision that is being welcomed as “historic” by Maine Indian tribes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the state of Maine to revise some water quality standards for tribal waters.
The decision comes during ongoing litigation brought by the state against the EPA. Maine’s […]
Continue reading EPA Decision: Maine Water Quality Standards Inadequate for Tribal Waters
January 8th, 2015 | Tags: Alliance for the Common Good, Rally for Unity, Rally of Unity | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Resources: Research, Reports, Alternatives, Towns, other, United States, Video | A tremendous showing for community and tribal sovereignty, and water protection
Augusta – Over a hundred Maine citizens and representatives from dozens of organizations joined forces at the State House’s Hall of Flags for the third annual Rally of Unity. The overarching theme for this year’s rally was protection of our water resources and respect for community and tribal sovereignty. Featured speakers included Shenna Bellows, former candidate for U.S. Senate and former Maine Senator Troy Jackson.
Other speakers shared the […]
Continue reading Alliance for Common Good hosts 3rd Annual Rally of Unity
December 30th, 2014 | Tags: Chris Buchanan, cianbro, Darryl Brown, David Cole, Defending Water for Life, Friends of the Piscatquis Valley, Jym St. Pierre, peter vigue, STEWC, Stop the East-West Corridor, Ted Talbot | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States |
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