The potential impact of NECEC and similar proposals on Maine’s iconic landscape must be considered before any action is taken.
climate change
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine’s Green New Deal as substance-free as the federal version
The state’s proposed response to the climate crisis also makes a lot of promises for other people to keep.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Despite climate change, one habitat critical for breeding birds is mostly intact
We need to preserve the North American Boreal Forest.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Reasons for supporting CMP plan overlooked amid baseless criticism
The proposal will carry new electricity and reduce carbon emissions, while treading lightly on the Maine woods.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
New England Clean Energy Connect: The myths and the facts
8. Claim: The New England Clean Energy Connect corridor will be 145 miles long and as wide as the New Jersey Turnpike; the pylons will be 300 feet tall with flashing lights. Fact: The new corridor will be 53 miles long and 150 feet wide, half that of the New Jersey Turnpike at its narrowest […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: In the face of climate change, workers need access to intertidal property
A recent ruling should spur towns to incentivize the availability of land for commercial access.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rejection of Green New Deal overlooks urgency of ‘massive changes’
We must think big when it comes to climate change and legal and economic equality – but Congress, including Susan Collins and Angus King, doesn’t grasp that.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Maine can reduce emissions without CMP project
A backer of the proposal overlooks current and potential increases in solar and wind capacity.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. breaking twice as many records for heat than cold, analysis finds
Data from 424 weather stations found that since 1999, the ratio has been two warm records set or broken for every cold one.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Dozens weigh in on whether to study greenhouse gas impact of CMP power line
Supporters are skeptical that Central Maine Power’s proposal for a 145-mile transmission line connecting Quebec with Massachusetts will reduce emissions of gases tied to climate change.