• The fallacious arguments from Heather Sanborn, our Public Advocate and Guardian for low electricity prices, and Philip Bartlett, our PUC Commission Chair, overseer of reasonable electricity prices and Jack Shapiro of the Natural Resource Council of Maine, a climate alarmist, is that natural gas is the what id driving higher electricity prices in Maine.…

By Daniel O'Connor

Published on: February 25, 2026

It is an example of Maine working toward its goal of expanding battery storage capacity despite President Donald Trump’s hard turn against many forms of alternative energy.

  I don't think our dear leaders are taking the EPA seriously. It is the law of the land that proclaims carbon dioxide is not  harmful to either man or beast. I guess once you get elected, you can ignore laws and the Constitution. Representative Kessler expressed this perfectly as he arrogantly argued that "Home Rule" is simply a suggestion that states towns can conduct town affairs as the townspeople feel appropriate, even when the people want better protections than elected state…

By Jon Fetherston

February 24, 2026

AUGUSTA, Maine – A late-session rewrite of LD 2174 is drawing fresh scrutiny at the State House after Rep. Liz Caruso (R–Caratunk) warned the bill could override local ordinances and weaken town authority over major energy developments.

During a radio discussion Monday on the Ric Tyler/George Hill Show on WVOM, Caruso described LD 2174 as a textbook “strike and replace” maneuver, where a bill’s contents are swapped out while…

AUGUSTA, Maine – A late-session rewrite of LD 2174 is drawing fresh scrutiny at the State House after Rep. Liz Caruso (R–Caratunk) warned the bill could override local ordinances and weaken town authority over major energy developments.

During a radio discussion Monday on the Ric Tyler/George Hill Show on WVOM, Caruso described LD 2174 as a textbook “strike and replace” maneuver, where a bill’s contents are swapped out while keeping the…

An economy, culture and science going backwards thanks to intermittent renewables. …

Senator Mitch McConnell's continuation in office is an outright disgrace. 

https://www.independentsentinel.com/mentally-impaired-mitch-mcconnell-wont-support-the-save-act/

A Climate Convert

In her own words...

https://criticallythinking.substack.com/p/a-climate-convert?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

What the Government giveth, the Government can taketh away'

"A federal judge has dealt a blow to solar companies’ attempt to block a rollback of state incentives for the industry passed by Maine lawmakers.......................…

February 18, 2026

Blog, Steve Moore

Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.

And for what?

Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by…

How much would any savings be compared to what all the green nonsense has cost us? Politicians should be crying bloody murder over states like NY and Mass blocking new natural gas pipeline construction rather than focusing on tiny band-aids for the damage they have done.

All Residential Electricity May Soon Be Exempt from Sales Tax in Maine

By Libby Palanza

February 17, 2026

Maine…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published February 16, 2026 at 8:38 AM EST

Maine lawmakers are considering a two-year pause on building large new data centers in the state.

State Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, added the moratorium to her bill proposing a broad-based data center "coordination council" that would study benefits and risks of data centers in Maine and offer recommendations to local governments, utilities and state…

This of course starts off with the assumption that decarbonization makes sense. Silkman also states "Maine is where the winds are". A look at a wind map shows that statement to be untrue. It also treats Maine's climate goals as worthy which is ludicrous. Inherent in the writer's piece is the idea that wind power makes economic sense when in fact it makes none. Check your assumptions Mr. Silkman.

Richard Silkman: Maine must not go…

From EIA:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67104

"Petroleum-fired generation in New England reached almost 8.0 GW between January 25 and 26, exceeding the capacity available from units that predominantly use petroleum, indicating contribution from fuel-switching units. Almost 41% of New England’s 15.1 GW natural gas-fired generating capacity can switch fuels to burn DFO. Operators…

‘EVs will only grow very slowly from here on out due to a saturated market and lack of consumer demand,’ an energy analyst said.