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Gubernatorial Forum Will Address Environmental and Energy Issues

The Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2 Tech) will open its Fall program series by hosting a Gubernatorial Forum that will address environmental and energy issues and feature the major candidates for Governor.

The event will be held Thursday, September 14th from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Hannaford Lecture Hall in the Abromson Community Education Center on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine. The cost is $10 for E2 Tech members and students and $20 for non-members. A continental breakfast will be served.

To register, contact Ryan Triffitt at RTriffitt@rookscommunications.com.

The event sponsors are the Bernstein Shur law firm and the University of Southern Maine. The Forum moderator will be Jeffrey A. Thaler, chair of Bernstein Shur’s Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group. Mr. Thaler is also a member of the E2 Tech Council’s board of directors.  

Candidates participating in the Forum will include Gov. John Baldacci, Democrat; Chandler Woodcock, Republican; Pat LaMarche, Green Party; and Barbara Merrill, Independent. The candidates will answer questions and participate in discussion regarding energy, environmental technology, natural resources and small business issues.

“We feel that environmental and energy issues will help drive the Maine economy over the next 20 years,” said Norman Gridley of Acadia Environmental Technology, who serves as chair of the E2 Tech Board of Directors. “These issues are central to this year’s election and we’re fortunate to have the Forum event early in the fall campaign season.”

E2 Tech is an association of private companies, government agencies, educational institutions and non-profit organizations seeking to advance jobs and research and development in the environmental and energy technology sector of the Maine economy. More information about E2 Tech and its programming can be found at www.e2tech.org.

Bernstein Shur is one of northern New England's largest multi-service law firms, with more than 85 attorneys in Portland and Augusta, Maine and Manchester, New Hampshire.  For more information about the firm, see www.bssn.com.

The University of Southern Maine is the largest campus by enrollment in the UMaine system with over 11,000 students. Founded in 1878, it has campuses in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston-Auburn. For more information, see www.usm.maine.edu.

To register, contact Ryan Triffitt at RTriffitt@rookscommunications.com.