Massive Turnout in Augusta for Public Hearing on NRCM Proposal to Eliminate Gas Powered Vehicles via Insane Central Planning
By Libby Palanza
August 17, 2023
AUGUSTA – Citizens turned out in droves Thursday morning to make their voices heard at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s (Maine DEP’s) public hearing on the California-style vehicle emissions rules under consideration by the agency.
Two citizen petitions – initiated by the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) – were successfully submitted earlier this year asking the Maine DEP to incorporate “the requirements of the California Advanced Clean Cars II” and “California’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation” into Maine’s existing regulatory code.
Adoption of these new regulations would essentially result in the state phasing out the sale of gas-powered cars and trucks in favor of zero-emissions vehicles over the course of the next few years in favor of electric vehicles (EVs) and other zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs).
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Before the hearing began, representatives of the NRCM gathered outside the Augusta Civic Center, holding signs with messages such as “Support Advanced Clean Car II and Truck Rules” and “Maine Deserves a Clean Transportation Future.”
At the start of the hearing, it was announced that — between the two proposals up for discussion today — 87 people had signed up to offer in-person testimony.
Over the course of the next several hours, impassioned testimony was presented both for and against the proposed rule changes.
Libby Palanza is a reporter for the Maine Wire and a lifelong Mainer. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Government and History.
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Comment by Willem Post on August 18, 2023 at 5:13pm
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These are just pro-forma meetings, which they have to hold by law.
It does not matter what is said
The decision has been made
Mainers are going to be $soooo $screeeewed again
Next time you vote, make sure to take revenge
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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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