We need your help again to defeat weak mining rules, which are coming to the full Legislature any day!�Please�contact your legislators�now and urge them to vote “Ought Not to Pass” on�LD 750!
Last year, thanks to you and thousands of people statewide, the Maine Legislature overwhelmingly�defeated bad mining rules�that would have allowed dangerous mines near some of Maine’s most treasured places.�Legislators heard loud and clear from you that the�bad rules from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) did not protect Maine’s clean water and wildlife.
Unfortunately, weak mining rules are in front of the Legislature again!�In an 8-5 vote, the majority of the Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee voted in favor of an amended LD 750,�which will not make DEP’s proposed mining rules protective enough.�
LD 750, as amended, does not provide clear, consistent requirements for mining companies.�It doesn’t protect Maine’s clean water from mining pollution or ensure Maine taxpayers won’t pay for the messes mining companies leave behind.
Help us protect Maine from mining pollution!�
For more information, please go to our�web�page about Open Pit Mining in Maine or�please contact:
Jenn Burns Gray
Maine Audubon Staff Attorney and Advocate
jgray@maineaudubon.org
(207) 781-2330 x224
