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Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM EDT
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Maine's controversial subsidy program for commercial solar developments is coming to a close, following the passage of a law that stops new developments from receiving benefits and slashes compensation for existing solar farms.
About six years ago, lawmakers expanded Maine's…
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By Chris D’Angelo
July 4, 2025
The Senate narrowly passed its version of President Donald Trump’s so-called “one big, beautiful” bill Tuesday, followed by the House on Thursday. The legislation now heads to Trump’s desk. On the energy front, the legislation aims to thwart the nation’s build out of clean energy,…
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Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published July 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Maine is poised to get a new state department tasked with managing energy programs.
The Department of Energy Resources, authorized by lawmakers this session, will replace the Governor's Energy Office.…
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By Amelia Davidson, Timothy Cama, Nico Portuondo | 07/02/2025 06:28
As the Senate slogged through a marathon vote this week on the Republican-led…
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By Emmett Gartner
June 27, 2025
Legislation signed by Gov. Janet Mills this month codifies and fast-tracks Maine’s transition to 100 percent clean energy amid growing uncertainty about the future of federal tax credits for renewable energy projects. The law, L.D. 1868, advances Maine’s previous energy goals by a decade. It requires the state to transition its energy portfolio to 90 percent renewable sources and 10 percent low- or zero-carbon sources by 2040. In 2023,…
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Environmental advocates are calling on Congress to preserve clean energy tax credits, which are facing severe cuts in the…
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6/23/25
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Americans’ support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, according to a new poll, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents.
The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults’ support for tax credits for…
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Fossil fuel advocate Alex Epstein delivered a hard-hitting briefing to nearly all Senate Republicans on Wednesday, emphasizing that the Inflation Reduction Act's "toxic subsidies" for the green energy industry—totaling billions—must be "terminated."
"Today I got the opportunity to speak to almost all Republican Senators about the IRA subsidies at their Wednesday lunch," Epstein…
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Changes to energy tax credits could raise Maine’s electricity costs by 20%
Congress is weighing the early termination of handful of tax credits related to installing solar panels, shifting to electric vehicles and building more…
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So does this mean that part of any freebie giveaways funded by taxpayers and Maine ratepayers is headed to Thailand? Which Maine politicians again pushed for this project?
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It sounds like the green lobby must be in desperation mode.
Maine codifies new goal of 100% clean energy by 2040
Maine Public | By Molly Enking
Published June 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM EDT
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Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that moves up the state's timeline to reach net zero carbon emissions.
The new law would require the state's energy office to expand…
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By Lamar Johnson
Kiggans and a nearly identical group of House Republicans wrote to their House colleagues last month seeking…
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Several groups claim that federal agencies didn't thoroughly evaluate the New England Clean Energy Connect project's environmental impact.
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By Irina Slav - May 21, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT
The Trump administration is rolling back federal subsidies for wind, solar, and EVs.
Over $145 billion in green energy projects and $73 billion in manufacturing investments since 2022 were heavily driven by federal aid
Despite claims of booming growth, wind and solar face serious structural issues, raising doubts about their viability in a true free-market…
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Eventually you run out of other people's money.
UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center lays off 9 employees after federal funding cuts
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Maine regulators intend to examine how the state’s goals for greenhouse gas reduction may affect natural gas…
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Quick...........the air sickness bag.
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Powerful voices will insist on sticking with fossil fuels. They're wrong.
May 14, 2025
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Recent articles have pointed out something that those of us working in the trenches to advance a clean energy future have known for decades: reducing our unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels won’t be as easy as…
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Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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