Me Legislature's Environment & Natural Resources Committee - Feb 1, 2021 - Orientation Day speakers

 Committee intro

Report 1 Dalyn Houser,  Saco River Corridor Commission

Report 2 Leeann Hanson. Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee/

INTRODUCTIONS  (Each from to to 3 minutes long)

1. Acadia Center (Jeff Marks)

2. Agricycle Energy (Dan Bell)

3. American Chemistry Council (Margaret Gorman)

4. Associated General Contractors of Maine (Matt Marks)

5. Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (Jake Cassady)

6. Baxter Law (Holly Lusk)

7. Casella Resource Solutions (Jeff McBurnie)

8. Casella Waste Systems (Toni King)

9. Coalition for Community Solar Access (Kaitlin Kelly O’Neill)

10. Conservation Law Foundation (Sean Mahoney)

11. Consumer Brands Association (Greg Costa)

12. Consumer Healthcare Products Association (Carlos Gutiérrez) (No Show)

13. Defend Our Health (Sarah Woodbury)

14. Dirigo Partners (Garrett Mason)

15. Don’t Waste ME (Ed Spencer)

16. Drummond Woodsum (Joanna Tourangeau)

17. Eaton Peabody (Bill Ferdinand)

18. Ecomaine (Kevin Roche)

19. Efficiency Maine Trust (Michael Stoddard)

20. Environment Maine (Anya Fetcher).

21. Friends of Casco Bay (Ivy Frignoca)

22. Friends of Penobscot Bay (Ron Huber)

23. Glass Packaging Institute (Scott DeFife)

24. GrowSmart Maine (Nancy Smith)

25. Hart Public Policy (Deb Hart)

26. Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Maine (Carl Chretien) (No-show)

27. Hospitality Maine (Greg Dougal)

28. Industrial Energy Consumer Group (Tony Buxton)

29. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (Sharon Treat)

30. Island Institute (Nick Battista)

31. Maine Association of Planners (Tex Haeuser)

32. Maine Association of Wetland Scientists (Alieta Burman)

33. Maine Audubon (Eliza Donoghue)

34. Maine Beverage Association (Newell Augur)

35. Maine Conservation Voters (Beth Ahern)

36. Maine Dairy Industry Association (Julie-Marie Bickford)

37. Maine Farm Bureau (Julie Ann Smith)

38. Maine Farmland Trust (Ellen Griswold)

39. Maine Forest Products Council (Patrick Strauch)

40. Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association (Christine Cummings)

41 Closing remarks /End of meeting

Crossroads landfill "expansion"? 3 critics call it a new landfill and a bad idea.

Below read comments on Waste Management Disposal Services of Maine’s application for Landfill Expansion, Crossroads Landfill, Norridgewock, Maine (Somerset County), #S-010735-WD-YB-N

Area outlined in map is proposed expansion area. Existing landfill is below and to left of expansion site

Hillary Lister of Don't Waste ME comments on  Crossroads Landfill expansion plan  

Sean Mahoney  Conservation Law Foundation Comments on Crossroads Landfill expansion plan.

Kat Taylor comments on  Crossroads landfill expansion plan