Protect South Portland

Protect South Portland Find out more at www.protectsouthportland.org. South Portland is a vibrant, healthy community of 25,000 people.

A grassroots group of community volunteers dedicated to actions and practices that serve to protect the environment, health and welfare of South Portland, Maine. We believe each and every one of our citizens deserves a healthy environment, clean air to breathe, and development that is consistent with a shared vision for our community. Legal protections, including the possibility of a land use ordi

nance created by our City Council, to stop tar sands oil will protect South Portland’s air, water, scenic beauty, and property values.

06/06/2026

ACTION ALERT: No Flock Surveillance Cameras! Email City Council!

Protect South Portland supports No Flock for SoPo.

We support constant monitoring of tank fumes and hazards but not constant monitoring of people.

Request [email protected]:

1. Immediate Removal of Flock surveillance cameras at South Portland intersections.

2. Immediate Flock surveillance camera contract cancellation.

Alert: City Council COULD adopt 2040 Comp Plan on Tues. However, it needs a few revisions. Show up and email citycouncil...
04/19/2026

Alert: City Council COULD adopt 2040 Comp Plan on Tues. However, it needs a few revisions. Show up and email [email protected]
hybrid link available on South Portland website.

Updated Comp Plan Growth Map! Note building height changes and corrected land uses.
04/15/2026

Updated Comp Plan Growth Map! Note building height changes and corrected land uses.

04/15/2026
MEETING ALERT! For 27 years, Bug Light Parks wooded area has been leased. Could it be protected by big setbacks, limiti...
04/09/2026

MEETING ALERT! For 27 years, Bug Light Parks wooded area has been leased. Could it be protected by big setbacks, limiting building footprint, open space requirement, climate resilience overlay buffer - due to flood risk, disallow increased capacity of public infrastructure …etc. No one wants 3 story buildings in what we know as Bug Light Park.

Could be last say on comp plan 2040 April 21st.

04/03/2026

Cape-SoPo-Scarborough Now

03/30/2026

https://www.nrcm.org/documents/mary_e_davis_economic_assessment_childrens_health_maine.pdf

03/28/2026

We may not be able to move neighborhoods away from the city's chemical tanks, but we can refuse to march more people into danger.

CPC a meeting TONIGHT 6p City Hall. Comp Plan policy 5.C.14 calls for a “health study” before adding NEW residential zon...
03/25/2026

CPC a meeting TONIGHT 6p City Hall. Comp Plan policy 5.C.14 calls for a “health study” before adding NEW residential zones near tank farms. Sounds good but a health study alone won‘t work. We need a mandatory EXPOSURE model. Why? because a health study will defer to Maine CDC. Maine CDC, with 10 times more lenient “safe“ standards than nearby states, has for decades always considered the 625 tons of DEP Licensed tank air pollution safe. We simply don’t want EXPOSURE. The EPA says ”There are no SAFE levels of benzene”. Gulf/Sunoco next to Bug Light was sued by the EPA in 2020 for exceeding its benzene level. Did the CDC let us know? Would a so-called health study prevent this? No. Health study or not — does it make sense to put a high growth zone next to a tank farm? 1000 ft buffer between tanks and new residential zone and no high growth zone next to tanks.

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