BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 24, 2023
A state board decided Tuesday to advance — but not yet adopt — rules that environmentalists proposed to quicken Maine’s transition to electric vehicles and largely phase out the sale of gas-powered cars while not supporting similar rules for trucks. The Maine Board of Environmental Protection agreed to have Department of Environmental Protection staff move forward with preparing rules spelled out in a petition submitted earlier this year by the Natural Resources Council of Maine, along with allies including the Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation.