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Maine’s Environmental Priorities Coalition is a partnership of 26 environmental, conservation, and public health organizations representing over 100,000 members. Our goal is to provide lawmakers with a roadmap for protecting Maine people and promoting prosperity for today and future generations. Each year, several issues are selected as priorities and receive the collective support of the Coalition during the legislative session.
Maine Environmental Priorities Coalition
2010 Common Environmental Agenda
Maine’s extraordinary environment forms the backdrop for who we are and what we value as individuals and as a state. Our jobs, our health, our leisure activities, our community values, and our identity as Maine people all have their roots in our beautiful environment.
Support for the 2010 Common Environmental Agenda will:
 Protect Maine’s natural legacy
- Protect water quality, wildlife habitat, and their economic value by closing loopholes that allow road development without review Download factsheet (PDF format)
- Ensure the sustainability of Maine’s fisheries, aquatic wildlife, and recreational fishing industry by adopting important rules regarding stream crossings Download factsheet (PDF format)
 Improve air quality and build a cleaner energy future
- Reduce sulfur emissions and their dangerous health effects while improving visibility at Maine’s many scenic parks and public lands Download factsheet (PDF format)
- Guide new development to encourage clean and energy-efficient design that reduces carbon dioxide pollution and creates new jobs for Maine Download factsheet (PDF format)
 Prevent exposure to dangerous chemicals
- Streamline Maine’s pesticide notification system for land managers, neighbors, community members, and enforcement agencies Download factsheet (PDF format)
- Get hazardous materials out of community landfills by expanding Maine’s partnerships with manufacturers of consumer products Download factsheet (PDF format)
- Protect Maine people and wildlife by closing loopholes that allow the toxic and unstable chemical DECA to be used in plastic shipping pallets Download factsheet (PDF format)
See Our 2009 Environmental Priorities
Ensure our current environmental protections are maintained
Representing 100,000 members, the Environmental Priorities Coalition includes the following organizations:
American Lung Association of Maine • Appalachian Mountain Club • Atlantic Salmon Federation • Bicycle Coalition of Maine • Conservation Law Foundation • Environmental Health Strategy Center •Environment Maine • Environment Northeast • Friends of Casco Bay • Maine Audubon • Maine Center for Economic Policy • Maine Congress of Lake Associations • Maine Council of Churches • Maine Council of Trout Unlimited • Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund • Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association • Maine People’s Alliance • Maine Rivers • Natural Resources Council of Maine • Northern Forest Alliance • Physicians for Social Responsibility-Maine Chapter • RESTORE: The North Woods • Sierra Club, Maine Chapter • The Ocean Conservancy • The Wilderness Society • Toxics Action Center
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Budget Basics
an introduction to understanding the state budget
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From Idea to Law
A guide to Maine's legislative process
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Toxic Pollutants:
Eleven percent of Maine's private wells have arsenic levels above the state standard of 10 parts per billion, according to a random sample of about 400 wells in 2001. That means roughly 75,000 Mainers drink water with elevated arsenic levels. Maine Bureau of Health director Dr. Dora Anne Mills said that while 56 percent of Maine's population gets its drinking water from private wells, only half of the well owners test them for arsenic. Well Water Quality.
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