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My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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Tag Archives: wind energy
Protesters arrested at Lincoln wind site | Bangor Daily News
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged Board of Environmental Protection, environmental impact, First Wind, Friends of Lincoln Lakes, Lincoln, Maine, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, protesters, protests, Rollins Mountain, wind energy, wind farm, wind power
A look at Maine’s Wind Power Act | Bangor Daily News
Here are links to a three-part series by the Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting published in the Bangor Daily News looking at wind energy in Maine and the laws surrounding it.
Part 2: Examining the changes in rules recommended by the task force and the resulting law.
Part 3: Wind power law hasn’t prevented development conflicts
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged “expedited wind zone”, economic development, Economy, Energy, Environment, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, high-voltage transmission lines, law, Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, Natural Resources Council of Maine, politics and government, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it | Bangor Daily News
[It appears The Bangor Daily News just posted the second of three parts on the Wind Energy Act of 2008. Below is a link. – KM]
Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it | Bangor Daily News
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Law and Order, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged economic development, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, Maine, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, Natural Resources Council of Maine, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
Some who created wind-power fast track now questioning the goals they set | Bangor Daily News
[Below is a link to the first in a three-part series by The Bangor Daily News in association with the Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting about wind power in Maine. The first part raised some very interesting issues about transparency in passing the law to deal with wind farm development. The first part also pointed out several other flaws in the Wind Energy Act of 2008. I support the idea of alternative, sustainable energy, so I really hope they figure out how to do what’s best for everyone. I’ll attempt to share each part of the series. – KM]
Some who created wind-power fast track now questioning the goals they set | Bangor Daily News
Tomorrow: Examining the changes in rules recommended by the task force and the resulting law.
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Law and Order, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged economic development, Gov. John Baldacci, Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development, Maine, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, TransCanada, turbines, wind energy, Wind Energy Act of 2008, wind power
State’s push for offshore wind energy intensifies | Lewiston Sun Journal
Posted in Economy, Education and Schools, Energy, Environment, Maine, Outdoors, Politics and government
Tagged Advanced Structures and Composites Center, deep-water offshore wind power, DeepC Wind, Gulf of Maine, Maine, Monhegan Island, turbines, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Maine, wind energy
Maine, Nova Scotia to cooperate on ocean energy development | SustainableBusiness.com
Posted in Economy, Energy, Environment, Maine, Politics and government
Tagged Conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Darrell Dexter, Gov. John Baldacci, Maine, Nova Scotia, offshore wind energy, renewable ocean electricity generation, tidal energy, Tidal Energy Symposium, turbines, wind energy, wind power
