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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Nuclear energy in New England, once unthinkable, now indispensable
"With such a small amount of production into the grid and such huge impacts of costs, the removal of renewables should precede the addition of nuclear. The government programs that favored wind,solar and battery storage have been deemed failures,…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Nuclear energy in New England, once unthinkable, now indispensable
"New Evidence Confirms Democrat Senate Candidate Graham Platner Led Far Left Paramilitary Training Group https://robinsonreport.substack.com/p/new-evidence-confirms-democrat-senate"
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Monitor: ‘Different this time’: Wind farms and transmission lines poised to come to northern Maine
"Dan, you hit the nail squarely on the head, as usual."
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Monitor: ‘Different this time’: Wind farms and transmission lines poised to come to northern Maine
"Let's no forget the two setup men responsible for this debacle, Troy Jackson and Philip Bartlett III. Jackson slammed a bill through the legislature that practically forces the PUC accept this project, the only time a specific project generated…"
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Monitor: ‘Different this time’: Wind farms and transmission lines poised to come to northern Maine
"Different how?  Same old B.S. only now there's lots of evidence to prove it's pure B.S."
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post As Electricity Costs Spike, Renewable Energy Divestments Emerge as Theme of Midterms
"Europe’s Decline from a Lofty Perch https://willempost.substack.com/p/europes-decline-from-a-lofty-perch?r=1n3sit&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true   Introduction Europe in Conflict for about 500 years While…"
May 28
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post As Electricity Costs Spike, Renewable Energy Divestments Emerge as Theme of Midterms
"The reason costs are ballooning is because the focus has been on the cost of Offshore wind electricity, say 12 c/kWh, after the equivalent of 50% subsidies. But then there are the A to Z cost (windmill to land fill) almost all folks ignore, because…"
May 28
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Clean energy groups encourage public financing for electric transmission
"$2 billion dollars + for a tranmission upgrade to connect unrelaible 400 megawatts of wind from Aroostook County. All upgrades with the purpose of connecting intermittent resources are foolish as are most pro-green energy groups."
May 26
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Clean energy groups encourage public financing for electric transmission
May 26
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Clean energy groups encourage public financing for electric transmission
May 26
Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Clean energy groups encourage public financing for electric transmission
"The Intelligence System and Why Tulsi Gabbard Was Essentially the First DNI It was DNI Tulsi Gabbard who released the receipts showing how the CIA and IC ran an impeachment operation against President Trump. CIA operative Eric Ciarmella, ICIG…"
May 25
Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Central Maine Power station in Westbrook expected to reduce outages during storms
"Victor Davis Hanson: "The Real Reason Tucker & Megyn Abandoned Maga is Not What You Think!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzUAfyYoLGI&t=905s"
May 24
Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post New England grid operator forecasts modest growth in electricity demand over next 10 years
May 23
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post New England grid operator forecasts modest growth in electricity demand over next 10 years
"And the circle goes round and round and round in a circle game."
May 18
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post New England grid operator forecasts modest growth in electricity demand over next 10 years
"Efficiency Maine Trust has changed their mission from "Efficiency" to "Electrification" Rebates for heat pumps and EVs, but Stoddard (EMT Director) expressed fears during an EUT hearing that the increasing costs of electricity…"
May 18
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Public Advocate sues to block New Hampshire transmission line
"Well,well,well. So Sanborn doesn't want Maine ratepayers to pay for a New Hampshire transmission upgrade arranged by ISO-NE. How about New Hampshire paying 11% of the $2 billion dollar+ costs for an ISO-NE transmission upgrade to attach a wind…"
May 15

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Trump deal scraps two Gulf of Maine wind energy leases

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published June 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM EDT

Energy giant Invenergy will abandon two of its offshore wind power projects in the Gulf of Maine as part of a $765 million deal with the Trump administration to invest in fossil fuel power plants instead.

Under the arrangement, Chicago-based Invenergy will give up offshore leases in California, New York and Massachusetts. The lease payments will instead be redirected to building natural gas…

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Posted on June 18, 2026 at 5:15pm

Boston appeals court tosses Trump memo on offshore wind, letting federal permitting continue

By: Nancy Lavin - June 17, 2026

The Trump administration is running out of legal paths to block offshore wind development, after the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed its appeal seeking to overturn a Massachusetts federal judge’s ruling.

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Posted on June 17, 2026 at 9:00pm

Nuclear energy in New England, once unthinkable, now indispensable

The region’s growing demand for electricity combined with the dramatic improvement in nuclear technology makes it an idea worth exploring.



June 16, 2026

Leonard Rodberg

Leonard Rodberg holds a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and is professor emeritus of urban studies at Queens College, City University of New York. He is author of the new report “Filling the Gap in New England’s Decarbonization Plans: A New View of the Electric Grid.”

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Posted on June 16, 2026 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

Maine Monitor: ‘Different this time’: Wind farms and transmission lines poised to come to northern Maine

This, from the publication started by Naomi Schalit who wrote about wind early on.

Maine, working with 4 other New England states, is set to select winning projects soon in its latest effort to bring renewable energy development to Aroostook County.

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Published on: June 12,…

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Posted on June 14, 2026 at 9:57am — 3 Comments

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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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