In all, a $5 billion program to build chargers on highways nationwide was halted by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
February 8, 2025
Stephen Singer
Portland Press Herald
The Trump administration is rescinding federal funding to build electric vehicle chargers, leaving in doubt $4 million for Maine to build out a network, though a larger sum from Washington is unaffected, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation said Friday.
Federal…
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Former Maine lawmaker with leukemia needs a bone marrow donor
by Billy Kobin
February 3, 2025
Former state Rep. Maggie O'Neil, D-Saco, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2024 and is seeking a bone marrow donor. Credit:…
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What about onshore wind?
Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM EST
State Rep. Reagan Paul, a Republican from Winterport, has proposed legislation that would prevent the state from building a planned facility on Sears Island to support a nascent offshore Gulf of Maine ocean wind power industry.
The measure was floated as President Donald Trump froze further ocean…
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by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli January 31, 2025
PATTEN, Maine — A solar developer faced community blowback during an informational session this week on a proposed 5,000-acre solar farm in the tiny northern Maine town of Hersey.
“Just tell me now if this is something you want,” said Next Phase Energy Services President Dave Fowler during the meeting with Hersey residents.
They responded that they…
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Why not onshore wind as well?
Maine Republican legislators write Trump asking for further action to stop offshore wind
By: AnnMarie Hilton - January 30, 2025
Maine Republican legislators wrote a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for his…
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By including onshore wind projects too, Monday’s order is far broader than what Van Drew proposed. Trump says wind turbines are horrible, only work with subsidies and are “many, many times” more expensive than natural gas.
Trump halts leasing and permitting for onshore and offshore wind energy projects
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Please click on the following link to read the following stories and much, much more:
https://election-integrity.info/Newsletter/2025/Media_Balance_Newsletter-1-21-25.pdf
*** Trump Says He Wants No Wind Turbines Built During Administration
*** Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term
*** Can Trump Make America Safe…
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By Seamus Othot
January 16, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump is working with former Democrat and current Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) to draft an executive order halting offshore wind turbine production off the East Coast and setting the stage for further restrictions, the congressman said Monday.
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Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM EST
Governor Janet Mills wants to create a Maine Department of Energy Resources similar to agencies in every other New England state.
A proposal in Mills' two-year budget would recast the current Governor’s Energy Office into a cabinet-level Maine Department of Energy Resources. The change would be budget-neutral, according to the governor.
"By transitioning the energy office to a…
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Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published December 27, 2024 at 4:12 PM EST
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola says it has completed a buyout of Central Maine Power’s parent company. The international corporation intends to operate Avangrid as a private company, which critics say raises transparency concerns.
Iberdrola bought the remaining 18% of Avangrid’s publicly traded stock for $2.5 billion this month…
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Shana Grey
Published Dec 20, 2024
A 58-turbine windmill project in western New Brunswick has been given the green light from the province, despite concerns from some in the community.
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JDI’s $550-million wind farm, proposing 34 turbines expected to generate 200 megawatts of power and eventually expanding to 58 turbines, is being planned in the Brighton Mountain area, a rural area east of Florenceville Bristol and a few kilometres south of…
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When industries run on propaganda, brainwashing, lies, subsidies, corruption.....................
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Today, the word “nuclear” often sparks fear, with talk of nuclear weapons dominating headlines. This fear is understandable but misplaced when it comes to nuclear energy—an entirely different application with…
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So when there's a stretch of windless overcast days, how effective for how long?
BDN - Maine is leading in this energy field with wide support ahead of Donald Trump’s return
By Billy Kobin
December 16, 2024
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Maine is finalizing the next phase of its ambitious plans for energy storage, a renewable avenue that is becoming more important amid…
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Reportedly very smart.
Also reportedly, once upon a time when sitting on the EUT Committee in a former (but related) life ---
"After very thoughtful citizen testimony on a very well written anti-wind visual impact bill, she asked the question:
“ I don’t understand you people who don’t like looking at green energy? When I’m skiing at Sugarloaf with my kids I’m thrilled to see the Kibby turbines. I tell my kids…
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Maine Climate Council Updates “Maine Won’t Wait” Plan
By Libby Palanza
November 26, 2024
The Maine Climate Council has released an updated version of the state’s four-year plan concerning climate change, “Maine Won’t Wait.”
This report outlines the state’s policy goals and objectives over the next few…
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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
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(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 - 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."
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