Make hay while the sun is shining......and ban the cows that eat it when you control all the branches of state government. There are many, many bills. One bill is LD 797, "An Act To Limit Greenhouse Gas Pollution and Effectively Use Maine's Natural Resources".
No, you will not actually find a bovine decommissioning provision in this bill. You'll probably have to wait until a later session. But make no mistake, it's all headed our way, at least as planned on the drawing boards of some in Augusta and in many other capitals, both state and national.
The bill can be downloaded here: Maine%20129%20-%20HP%20585%20item%201%281%29%20-%20Copy.pdf
A writeup from Maine Public can be read at https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2019/03/14/new-bill-aims-to-drastic...
There was another bill, LD 818, "An Act to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (EMERGENCY) presented by Sen L. Sanborn that was almost identical, except it charged the BEP with the rulemaking. The third bill, LD 893, "An Act To Create an Updated Unified Maine Climate Action Plan" was about resiliency and preparation/mitigation. All three were heard at once.
Public Hearing Testimony for LD 797 can be read at http://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum... or by clicking on the names below.
Adair, Lucas | resident | (25 KB) |
Ahearn, Beth | Environmental Priorities Coalition | (89 KB) |
Amoroso, Amy | Green Club | (67 KB) |
Armstrong, Jennifer | Kennebunk | (45 KB) |
Barton, Andrew | University of Maine Farmington | (71 KB) |
Battista, Nick | Island Institute | (132 KB) |
Beal, Scott | Woodland Pulp, LLC | (105 KB) |
Bernard, Kaitlyn | Appalachian Mountain Club | (104 KB) |
Bonish, Harry | Vassalboro | (70 KB) |
Boulos, Rebecca | Maine Public Health Association | (129 KB) |
Bowen, Doug | Porter | (113 KB) |
Brenner, Stacy | Broadturn Farm | (114 KB) |
Brown, Elise | Evergreen Home Performance | (85 KB) |
Brown, Willa | Bath | (66 KB) |
Burger, Rachel | Protect South Portland | (75 KB) |
Burt, Anne | Maine Council of Churches | (143 KB) |
Buxton, Tony | Industrial Energy Consumer Group | (106 KB) |
Byers, Steve | Waldo | (62 KB) |
Charles, Natalie | Belfast | (20 KB) |
Collins, Kate | Saco | (22 KB) |
D'Andrea, Karen | Scarborough | (81 KB) |
Davis, Dan | Porter | (124 KB) |
Donoghue, Eliza | Maine Audubon | (90 KB) |
Donovan, Carey | Tremont | (31 KB) |
Doudera, Vicki | Maine State Legislature | (78 KB) |
Dunn, Mary | Oakland | (68 KB) |
Eaton, Julie | Maine Lobstering Union | (102 KB) |
Ferguson, Angus | Maine Climate Protectors | (74 KB) |
Foley, Robert | Maine State Legislature | (91 KB) |
Frazier, Elizabeth | Casella Waste, Dragon Products, McCain Foods, Sappi, Verso, Woodland Pulp, St. Croix Tissue | (100 KB) |
Gallant, Ken | Verso Corporation | (227 KB) |
Gallaudet, Denny | Sierra Club Maine Energy Team | (188 KB) |
Garrett, Peter | Citizen Climate Lobby | (110 KB) |
Gideon, Sara | Maine State Legislature | (95 KB) |
Gideonse, Hendrick | Brooklin | (257 KB) |
Green, Emily | Conservation Law Foundation | (346 KB) |
Griswold, Ellen | Maine Farmland Trust | (121 KB) |
Hall, Ronald | Maine Youth Camp Association | (62 KB) |
Hamilton, Ben | Love Point Oysters, LLC | (67 KB) |
Hardy, Joseph | Wells | (125 KB) |
Harrelson, Katherine | Portland | (49 KB) |
Inches, Sue | North Yarmouth | (101 KB) |
Keene, Elery | Winslow | (75 KB) |
Kilbourn, Jay | BioEnergy Revisioning | (86 KB) |
Kimber, Greg | Temple | (55 KB) |
Knight, John | Portland | (30 KB) |
Lafreniere, Suzanne | Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland | (92 KB) |
Lanctot, Melanie | Readfield | (530 KB) |
Larson, Mary | Portland | (39 KB) |
Lee, Adam | Lee Auto Malls | (235 KB) |
Loyzim, Melanie | Maine Department of Environmental Protection | (88 KB) |
Luther, Doris | Resident | (44 KB) |
Lykling, Nicholas | Fairfield | (67 KB) |
Lynch, Janet | Pownal | (98 KB) |
Marks, Matt | Associated General Contractors of Maine | (102 KB) |
Marple, Tony | Whitefield | (90 KB) |
Marshall, Caitlin | Portland | (42 KB) |
Martunas, Michael | Dragon Products Company | (227 KB) |
Maurin, Carissa | Environment Maine | (91 KB) |
McLean, Donald | resident | (64 KB) |
Mikulka, Tom | Elders For Future Generations | (147 KB) |
Moffa, Anthony | University of Maine School of Law | (278 KB) |
Mook, Bill | Mook Sea Farm | (329 KB) |
Mueller, Fortunat | ReVision Energy | (286 KB) |
Myers, Jo Ann | Waldoboro | (44 KB) |
Nelson, Katherine | Bar Harbor | (25 KB) |
O'Connell, Jim | Bar Harbor | (53 KB) |
O'Connell, Julia | Kittery | (21 KB) |
O'Neil, Chris | Friends of Maine's Mountains | (250 KB) |
Olsen, Jon | Maine Green Independent Party | (51 KB) |
Owen, Ray | Orono | (69 KB) |
Owens, Tony | Cape Elizabeth | (88 KB) |
Palmer, Jane | Scarborough | (77 KB) |
Payne, Jeremy | Maine Renewable Energy Association | (94 KB) |
Pease, Charlotte | Freeport | (69 KB) |
Pelletier, Derek | Portland | (64 KB) |
Pershing, Andrew | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | (98 KB) |
Py, Jamie | Maine Energy Marketers Association | (529 KB) |
Ringelstein, Zak | Sierra Club Maine | (65 KB) |
Robidoux, Noah | Ellsworth | (50 KB) |
Rogers, Clare | Kittery Point | (25 KB) |
Rosenbach, Julie | South Portland | (99 KB) |
Saltonstall, Sam | WindowDressers | (62 KB) |
Sammons, Mitchell | The Sheridan Corporation | (107 KB) |
Schwerin, Julia | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | (87 KB) |
Shannon, Maggie | Maine Lakes Society | (204 KB) |
Smith, Katrina | Wells | (23 KB) |
Smith, Nancy | GrowSmart Maine | (88 KB) |
Smith, Paul | Wells | (22 KB) |
Spalding, Heather | Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association | (71 KB) |
Stowell, Don | Lamey Wellehan | (88 KB) |
Strauch, Pat | Maine Forest Products Council | (294 KB) |
Taft, Alexander | Sappi North America | (144 KB) |
Tamblyn, Doni | resident | (27 KB) |
Thomas, Richard | Waterville | (57 KB) |
Thurm, Bob | Arundel | (33 KB) |
Tietenberg, Tom | Waterville | (137 KB) |
Tolstrup, Karen | Kennebunk | (24 KB) |
Tucker, Ralph | Maine State Legislature | (98 KB) |
Turner, Adam | Augusta | (36 KB) |
Turner, Ralph | Laughing Stock Farm | (144 KB) |
Van Dusen, Katrina | Freeport | (28 KB) |
Vlaun, Scott | Center for an Ecology Based Economy | (59 KB) |
Voorhees, Dylan | Natural Resources Council of Maine | (196 KB) |
Weems, Steve | Solar Energy Association of Maine | (200 KB) |
Whalen, Ben | National Young Farmers Coalition/ South Maine Chapter | (107 KB) |
Whitman, Andrew | Manomet | (109 KB) |
Widmayer, Beth | Wells | (32 KB) |
Wilson, Paul | Portland | (83 KB) |
Winston, Amy | Coastal Enterprises, Inc. | (103 KB) |
Wood, Rob | The Nature Conservancy | (132 KB) |
Article on LD 797 at Maine Public:
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2019/03/14/new-bill-aims-to-drastic...
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This is a must-see short video alleging that wind, solar and cow elimination proponent "AOC" is nothing but an actress they found. It explains a lot.
U.S. Sen Angus King
Maine as Third World Country:
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Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
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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Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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