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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The Maine Millennial: The climate time bomb keeps ticking more loudly
As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
Commentary: New water wars are coming to the American West
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Maine Voices: It’s time to rethink how we prevent child abuse, neglect
The state must prioritize prevention and early intervention services to stabilize struggling Maine families before they are in crisis.
Doyle McManus: We’re two Americas, vaccinated and unvaccinated. College football could fix that
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Commentary: Rural Maine cooperative holds up well when compared to CMP
A commentary fails to acknowledge that Eastern Maine Electric’s rates are very close to CMP’s, though the investor-owned utility’s territory is much cheaper to serve.
Douglas Rooks: Voting rights can’t be left to states
The object should be creating minimum standards states must meet, something Congress has done before, such as the “motor-voter” law for registration access.
Maine Voices: Maine’s senators must lead on gun-violence prevention
The Bipartisan Background Checks Act is a common-sense way to make sure that people legally banned from owning firearms won’t get their hands on them.
Maine Voices: I don’t like CMP. But I don’t support a publicly owned Maine utility.
More aggressive enforcement by the PUC is a better way to ensure the utility is prepared for the dramatic demands on the grid we’re going to face.