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Published Thu, Oct 6 2022 | Seema Mody | cnbc.com ~~

General Electric is laying off 20% of its U.S. onshore wind workforce, which equates to hundreds of jobs, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to be named.

A note was sent out to employees Wednesday.

“We are taking steps to streamline and size our onshore wind business for market realities to position us for future success. These are difficult decisions, which do not reflect on our employees’…

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Adverse Energy Taxes in the Inflation Reduction Act

Electric Prices Skyrocket with Gruesome Green Energy Policy

Renewable Energy Obsession Leading to Energy Rationing!

NY Governor Announces New Solicitation Calling for 2,000+ Megawatts of New

Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Experts question environmental and economic value of wind power…

Zane Wolfang

September 19, 2022

"I think if you look at the interest in wind, wind power, I think people are still skeptical that that has a bright future," says NMCC President Tim Crowley. The state's changing political landscape, he says, also may have affected interest in the program.

Some industry observers say interest has shifted toward solar. And Jeremy Payne, executive director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association, says…

NEW: Link at Bangor Daily News:

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/22/news/aroostook/mars-hill-wind-power-legacy/

"A Texas company, for instance, hopes to build what would be Maine's largest wind farm just 10 miles away from Mars Hill in the commercial timberlands around Number Nine Mountain."

If this supposed Texas company is…

I guess the "Inflation Reduction Act" is not the only way that our federal income taxes are being transferred into the hands of the administration's "green" friends.

South Portland launches rebate program for electric vehicles, lawn equipment

Open to low- and moderate-income residents, it's one of several local funding efforts to reduce carbon emissions in Maine.

By Kelley BouchardStaff…

Tucker Carlson: The Green New Deal means poverty

Tucker Carlson dissects the energy shortage in Europe and what it could mean for the United States

INCLUDING: Must see 17 minute Tucker Carlson segment on the energy shortage in Europe…

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How electric cars fail miserably in ordinary driving situations

Short Video: How Much Energy Will the World Need?

The Completely Fraudulent "Levelized Cost Of Electricity"

Renewables subsidy chaos coming

Corporate welfare: Federal giveaways to wind, solar sectors are about to explode

John Kerry's climate office rife with ties to far-left green…

Thank you to all the "environmentalists" who have blocked new natural gas pipelines to Maine from some of the country's largest natural gas deposits which are relatively nearby. And thank you to all the green criminals in government who have done the same and slowed down or stopped drilling. The legions of poor folk who typically support this ilk of politician may soon see a big thank you in the form of no electricity.

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At least 20 million…

Protective ordinances is key. Any town that wishes to avoid becoming a dead zone needs to enact a protective ordinance....and fast.

Updated: August 22, 2022

Jeremy Payne, the director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association,…

A measure tucked into the state’s climate bill would allow Mass. to plug into wind energy being proposed in the northernmost reaches of Maine.

By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated August 9, 2022, 5:53 p.m.

The hottest clean-energy contest currently underway in New England doesn’t involve offshore wind farms, at least not this time. Instead of the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, this race to tap into…

Roy says climate bill opens door to Maine onshore wind purchases

Bruce Mohl Jul 28, 2022

THE CLIMATE AND ENERGY bill sitting on the governor’s desk contains two policy sections that could open the door to clean energy procurements involving onshore wind from Maine and nuclear power from Connecticut, according to one of the key drafters of the legislation.

Rep. Jeffrey Roy of Franklin, the House chair of the Legislature’s Telecommunications, Utilities, and…

Maine Public | By Carol Bousquet

Published July 27, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT

The Maine AFL-CIO is opposing the consumer-owned utility referendum, saying a publicly-owned utility would threaten the rights of workers and create uncertainty for consumers.

Union President Cynthia Phinney said the majority of workers at CMP and Versant do not support the proposal, which could prompt a buyout of the two investor-owned utilities and reclassify union workers as public…

You can't make this stuff up. Yet one more use of taxpayer money to stoke fear it would seem. What does this cost us? Think about that every time you pass a disabled vet with no place to live. I noticed there…

The developers of a $1 billion hydropower corridor running from the Canadian border through western Maine will be able to keep access to a key permit if they prevail in two court challenges.

The permit over public lands was first granted by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to the New England Clean Energy Connect project but…

Well of course you are going to praise buyers of solar nonsense. "An uneducated consumer is your best customer"

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by David Marino Jr.

A solar executive of a leading national clean energy company praised Maine’s renewable energy efforts and steps toward fighting climate change during a trip to Portland.

Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun, a San Francisco-based multibillion-dollar clean energy company, said that Gov. Janet Mills’ climate goals are…

Why am I not surprised that this article doesn't touch upon any of the negatives associated with batteries on the grid. Maybe start with what all these new batteries, including all of those in EV's, will do in terms of damaging the environment. Maybe tell me how much it costs and compare that to all the alternatives. Puff pieces are an important part of brainwashing. Me? I do NOT accept the inevitability of an all electric future and am very sick and tired of how one sided are the…

How about taking a look at Germany before throwing one more cent of good money after bad? Any candidate for office enabling this march of lemmings to the cliff needs to be questioned. It's not like we haven't been warned of the coming costs. Lessons abound.

Credit:  By Mara Hoplamazian | New Hampshire Public Radio | July 6, 2022 |…