FOLLOWUP: Audio of EUT workshop portion on carbon tax (3/07/19) - "LD 434 - An Act to Price Carbon Pollution in Maine"

Public Hearing on Thurs, 3/07/19 - "An Act to Price Carbon Pollution in Maine"
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Comment by Dan McKay on March 8, 2019 at 4:05pm

Somebody needs to call for a review on Chair Berry's conduct during committee meetings. He is knowingly misdirecting/misinterpreting/misrepresenting and concealing  facts from other members.

Comment by Long Islander on March 7, 2019 at 7:23pm

At around the 9:00 mark, Senator Dave Miramant, pushing for a carbon tax which will raise fuel prices (heating oil and gasoline) says we need to get some more taxpayer money so "we can take heating our houses and driving our vehicles out of the hands of the whims of the wind." You cannot make this up.

Note that the carbon tax bill exempted airplane fuel. Is it ironic that Senator Miramant's website states that "Miramant continues to fly, as the owner and operator of Spirit Soaring Glider Rides."

http://www.mainesenate.org/senator/senator/dave-miramant/

 
Senator Dave Miramant of Knox
D - Senate District 12
174 Mountain Street
Camden, ME 04843
Phone: 207-236-4845, e-mail:
David.Miramant@legislature.maine.gov
Comment by John F. Hussey on March 7, 2019 at 7:13pm

Rykerson needs to be sent back SOUTH!

Comment by Pineo Girl on March 7, 2019 at 6:52pm

Thanks for posting Eric... I listened...a glimmer of rational thinking prevailed!

Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on March 7, 2019 at 6:50pm

I thought redefining the type of chickadee for the state bird and changing the Maine state flag were wastes of legislators' time - until I learned of Rykerson's carbon tax bill. Please keep your hands out of my pockets.

 

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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 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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