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Maine Compass: Reduce Maine’s carbon footprint by restoring rail

by John D. Koons December 11, 2021December 10, 2021

Now is the time to take action, and give a boost to many Maine communities, a Waterville resident writes.

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Maine Voices: Mainers should welcome immigrants home – with furniture

by Jenn McAdoo Special to the Press Herald December 11, 2021December 13, 2021

The act of donating gently used items like couches, chairs, tables and beds is simple, but the impact is profound.

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Tom Waddell: Overturning Roe, one way or another

by Tom Waddell December 10, 2021December 9, 2021

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion, either outright or through the states.

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Maine Voices: We must save the world from COVID in order to save ourselves

by Jabbar Fazeli Special to the Press Herald December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

Omicron should trigger a shift of mindset in the West to start large-scale allocation of resources toward vaccinating the rest of the world.

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Commentary: US is pushing Afghanistan into famine

by Brian Milakovsky Special to the Kennebec Journal December 9, 2021December 8, 2021

Our dysfunctional political system incentivizes President Biden to take a tough posture against the Taliban fanatics and ignore huge costs of the policy for innocent civilians.

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Maine Voices: Learning the right lessons from CMP’s corridor debacle

by Joel Clement and Pete Didisheim Special to the Press Herald December 9, 2021December 8, 2021

Fair compensation, public involvement and wise site selection are among what clean-energy projects need to succeed.

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David Trahan: Question 3 gives us the right to hunt – and to a vegan diet

by David Trahan December 8, 2021December 7, 2021

Maine passed a landmark law Nov. 2 that will keep extreme animal-rights groups at bay.

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Bruce Poliquin: Maine needs affordable, reliable energy

by Bruce Poliquin Special to the Press Herald December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

Congress must include traditional fuels in our domestic energy policy and remove a natural gas tax from the so-called reconciliation bill, says the candidate for the 2nd District Republican nomination.