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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans
"When is the Maine government finally going to lay off the excess bureaucrats involved in electric cars, trucks and buses, heat pumps, charging stations, windmills, solar panels? The only worthwhile activity was and still is sealing and insulating…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans
"U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: Trump Wants No Taxes for Americans Earning Under $150,000 Annually https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/u-s-commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-trump-wants/"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans
"The heat pump program is more a program to gather taxpayer money from the federal government than an efficiency program. Crude Oil prices down below $70 per barrel and Maine electricity prices continue to rise, a good part of the increase is funding…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
"It would be a good guess that Central Maine Power has a good part of the transmission in the bag: From the Department of Energy: The Aroostook Renewable Project will construct a new substation in Haynesville, Maine and a 111-mile, 345 kV Alternating…"
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
"This is an unending nightmare."
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Richard McDonald/Saving Maine commented on Long Islander's blog post State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
"Trump must put a moratorium on onshore wind and do the proper cost/benefit analysis then kill the subsidies when he learns the scale of graft and corruption behind this hoax."
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Stephen Littlefield commented on Long Islander's blog post State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
"For one you know it's propaganda, The Press Herald printed it! Two, this is another Obama style bill, "you need to vote for it before you can read it(or know the crooks involved)! The state of the state is to the point where this year…"
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post These renewable supporting Republicans must be primaried
"Meanwhile, NPR rakes in our tax dollars to broadcast this propaganda."
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post These renewable supporting Republicans must be primaried
"He who is over the target draws the most fire. Pay attention to Infowars and you will soon see why they are always being smeared. "They" don't want you straying from their propaganda machine, especially to Infowars. Exactly the…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Regulators approve Versant 23% rate hike
"Arthur, that is the question of the day. Hopefully rebellion will happen and do so before it is too late. Keep in mind, the mainstream media, both nationally and in Maine have the capability to either hasten or deter the awakening it will take. So…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Regulators approve Versant 23% rate hike
"Canadian Eco-Terrorist Sentenced to 25 Years for Sabotaging U.S. Energy Infrastructure https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/canadian-eco-terrorist-sentenced-25-years-sabotaging-u/"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post These renewable supporting Republicans must be primaried
"Canadian Eco-Terrorist Sentenced to 25 Years for Sabotaging U.S. Energy Infrastructure https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/canadian-eco-terrorist-sentenced-25-years-sabotaging-u/"
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arthur qwenk commented on Long Islander's blog post Regulators approve Versant 23% rate hike
"Enjoy "Green" Wind and Solar! When will Mainers rebel?"
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine is getting a new energy code, and it’s a stretch
"The air exchange rate in my old farmhouse is about once every five minutes, so I don't have to worry about toxic fumes from furniture, carpeting, mattresses, propane cook stove, wood smoke etc. and as an added bonus, cooler temps and…"
Mar 10
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine is getting a new energy code, and it’s a stretch
"I have R60 in my attic, 9” in fiberglass between the joists and 9” crosswise on top of it, unfazed, meaning no paper backing. I installed it myself. Used a white suite with hood and mask All done in one day. Made a big difference If…"
Mar 10
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine is getting a new energy code, and it’s a stretch
"The straw that breaks the camel's back. We have endured dumbass solar, wind and battery storage. We have put up with NRCM, Sierra Club, CLF, a lapdog media, Seth Berry, Mark Lawrence, paranoid democrats, indoctrination in schools, and all the…"
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Jersey Shore Residents Score Victory As Feds Revoke Offshore Wind Project Permits

Time now to put and end to onshore wind by terminating all federal freebies for this coterie of criminals.

Monday, Mar 17, 2025 - 03:20 PM

It's a massive win for Jersey Shore residents who have been fighting relentlessly against offshore…

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Posted on March 17, 2025 at 5:00pm

Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is canceling $20 billion nationwide in grants and other sources of funding authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act.



March 13, 2025

Stephen Singer

Portland Press Herald

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Efficiency Maine Trust, the quasi-state agency that administers energy efficiency programs and disburses heat pump incentives, has lost access to about $15 million in federal…

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Posted on March 14, 2025 at 9:50am — 3 Comments

State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line

"The Maine Public Utilities Commission and state Department of Environmental Protection must “conduct robust public engagement, hold public hearings and rigorously evaluate the merits of any proposed transmission line issuing approvals,” Rep. Christopher Kessler, D-South Portland, said in prepared testimony."

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We say things like that to go through the…

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Posted on March 13, 2025 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Bills revive debate over Sears Island port plan

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published March 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM EDT

Lawmakers heard more than five hours of testimony Wednesday from both sides of a debate over preserving Sears Island in the Town of Searsport.

A pair of bills from state representative Reagan Paul would extend a conservation easement across the island and restore sand dune protections in a 330-acre parcel set aside for development.

The Winterport Republican said…

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Posted on March 12, 2025 at 9:30pm

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At 9:10pm on June 17, 2015, Eskutassis said…

The arguments we have with those on the other side are really amazing.  I saw yours on the PPH article.  I posted one too.

At 11:13am on July 17, 2013, Peter Beckford said…

Yo Long Islander, can you do anything to give my blog post the widest audience, like emailing it on to everyone or something? Thanks a lot, Peter Beckford

We appreciate the steady diet of posts from you

At 8:03pm on July 14, 2012, Wind Scam said…
Wind Scam Artists strategies to destroy "America the Beautiful".
 
This is long, but it is worth scanning all of it. Be sure to download and search for your Reps. and Senators too. Don't forget to share with all.
This shows the backroom dealings of these wind scam artists and our politicians ramming this "Rip Off" unreliable and unproductive wind energy crap down our thro@@t.
 
Don't miss there campaign to save wind jobs that cost the American Taxpayer in excess of $8,000,000 each also, why because it come our of our wallets and purses.
Be sure to check out all their propaganda goals to destroy the Beautiful United States and make each of us pay for this destruction from "Fake Renewable Energy".
At 7:31am on February 29, 2012, Allen Barrette said…

Ok lets update Americas status first there are millions of abandoned homes from foreclosure, there is less electricity for lights,furnaces,etc. being used today  so we all can relax with the scare of congesting our grids. There is plenty of current being generated at the moment. So what steps do we take to rid our lands of the dinosaur turbines that this foreign company called first wind first and they are not from New England originally folks. The office in Boston is just a front to be what they thought was going to be action. Obama our fearless leader wants to keep this going,The wasteful spending, allowing the companies to change names as fast as the sun sets,how they do business,How they are awarded these funds I'll never understand because there is in my opinion no practical method in deciding who gets funding for these energy projects. I am disgusted at this administration, If you were working in my company I"d fire you for insubordination, you know your not suppose to use public money for your personal interests. It has to be personal because it surely is not a public interest  Shame on you ----- Got Vision           

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At 8:08pm on March 27, 2010, Mary Elen Marucci said…
HI, Ita a geodatabase I am building with two others as a project in intro GIS. Has to do with state and local ordinance rules affecting possible sites in a particular town. I enjoyed your picture gallery. Mary Ellen
At 10:52pm on March 14, 2010, Joanne Moore said…
Thanks for the link to the report. Geeze, these guys say just what industry pays them to say. Wow! The Name Norm Famous reminds me of one of the Lounge Lizards wannabe types. Very interesting to know he is the husband of Marcia Spenser-Famous. I had a sneaking suspicion he was. The name is unusual, if not famous. Heh. Another conflict of interest, ya think?
At 11:28am on January 24, 2010, Art Brigades said…
Investigative reporting.... We need to whip this beast a little better.

Interesting to read Tux Turkel's piece this morning. While his focus was narrowly on noise, and only at Vinalhaven, it surely helped puncture the huge bubble just a bit. More noteworthy than what he wrote was what he did not write.

How he could interview Hanna Pingree and NOT ask her why she withdrew her turbine noise bill is either abject stupidity or laziness. Legislators regularly rush to the statehouse with a new bill whenever a constituent says "there oughtta be a law..."

Could it be that he didn't ask the Speaker of the House (who can get anything she wants to a public hearing) why she doesn't think this is worthy of a bill, or why she isn't raising holy hell over getting a hearing???

It would be one thing if her district was Old Orchard Beach, but these are HER constituents who are under the bus!! Investigative reporting??? Please. One doesn't need to be a political veteran to know that the ties that bind among the Pingrees, Baldaccis, Adamses, and the wind mafia are very tight indeed. Turn a blind eye to a monumental calamity in your state, district, and town why? To repay political favors? Now that's a story that'll sell papers.

Turkel needs to pursue this angle. He also needs to expose the tragic economic realities of this trojan horse that has been wheeled into Maine.
 
 
 

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

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

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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 on the Maine expedited wind law

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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