Posted inLetters to the Editor

Proposed climate change rule not tough enough

Your June 3 editorial, “Tough EPA rules would help Maine air, businesses,” states that the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed climate change rule requires carbon dioxide emissions from nationwide fossil fuel burning power plants be reduced 30 percent by 2030. Please note, however, the proposal specifies the 30 percent decrease is to be applied against […]

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Posted inOp-Eds

Texting away our best manners and memories

Text messages have replaced email, telephone calls and even face-to-face meetings for relating momentous news, both good and bad. People, however, don’t realize that sending bad news via a text message leaves no opportunity to learn or grow, to make amends or even issue recriminations. It is a clipped, inadequate form of communication, an all-too-common […]