BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 4, 2021
An amendment to the Maine state constitution has been proposed in the legislature, LD 489. The Pine Tree Amendment would guarantee the rights to clean air, water and a healthy environment will become equal to other protected rights. Our constitution already guarantees our rights to enjoying life and liberty, and pursuing happiness, but if we do not have rights to clean air and water and a healthy environment these rights are threatened. Maine needs to pass the Pine Tree Amendment to ensure that all of us, and all future generations, can enjoy the wonderful clean air, clean water and healthy environment that we love. ~ Mark Brown, Marshfield