Experts say the expected increase is primarily a result of rising prices for natural gas. Maine's solar policies also could increase rates in the coming years.

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A majority of Mainers could see the rate they pay for their home’s electricity supply jump between 60 and 80 percent next year, based on assumptions provided to the Legislature by the state Public Utilities Commission, as well as wholesale prices observed by energy…

Candace Owens Issues Warning to America: ‘We Are Being Radically Transformed Into a Communist Country’

By J.D. Rucker • Nov. 9, 2021

Stating the obvious is often fodder for ridicule, but at times it becomes necessary to take the things we see around us and say them in a way that brings it all together. In…

Texas Filling Border Barrier Gaps With Shipping Containers

By Noi Mahoney of…

Of course they, the UN and many democrats want us to pay!

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211103-the-countries-calling-for-climate-justice

At least 27 states filed lawsuits challenging the rule in several circuits.

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that those workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests.…

Glasgow: The Stampede To Mass Poverty…120 BILLION Tonnes Of Materials For Wind Turbines By 2050?

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/11/06/glasgow-the-stampede-to-mass-poverty120-billion-tonnes-of-materials-for-wind-turbines-by-2050/

Commentary by Fred F. Mueller

When looking at the current…

Supply-chain problems, uncertainty around tax credits in congressional spending bill threaten to slow U.S. wind power growth

Most blades for onshore wind projects span more than 200 feet apiece, while the largest offshore blades can span a football field.…

By Fred Lucas | The Daily Signal

http://www.truenorthreports.com/26000-dead-people-still-registered-to-vote-in-michigan-lawsuit-alleges

Theresa Domasiewicz, a one-time resident still listed as a registered voter in Michigan, would be 108 years old if she were alive today. But she isn’t, having died in May 2000.

Domasiewicz is among 25,975…

News coverage of Tuesday’s elections was dominated by Glenn Youngkin’s victory over incumbent Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial race. But when it comes to energy policy and climate action, the lopsided result of a referendum in Maine over a high-voltage transmission project proved yet again that land-use conflicts are the binding constraint on the expansion of renewables in the United States. The rejection of the…

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will reportedly issue a study Wednesday that reveals President Joe Biden’s reconciliation package will not be free, although the White House has claimed it would cost “zero” dollars.…

If you are struggling to understand why Senator Joe Manchin refuses to bend-the-knee to his progressive pals' massive social-spending plan, prepare for some cognitive dissonance.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fuzzy-math-democrats-deficit-neutral-social-spending-plan-could-cost-over-4-trillion…

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Ellsworth is the latest municipality to temporarily ban solar panel arrays, citing concerns about overdevelopment. Dixmont voted to temporarily halt permitting for commercial installations earlier this month, after discovering that there was no policy in place for what to do when solar panel arrays reached the end of their useful lives. Augusta did so in August.

Because solar panels often change ownership several times during their lifetime, Dixmont officials…