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Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill on Friday that would have required companies leasing state land for clean energy projects to work with unions hoping to represent their workers. The bill, L.D. 373, is aimed at the offshore wind power terminal and manufacturing facility the Mills administration aims to build in Searsport. Mills said she vetoed the bill because it contained ambiguous language and was too far-reaching in its scope.
Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that union and climate leaders argued would ensure clean energy projects on state land aren’t disrupted by labor disputes. The Democratic governor, however, said the legislation was overly ambiguous. Advocates of the bill castigated the action as yet another “anti-worker, anti-union veto” by the governor. LD 373, […] The post Groups say Mills’ veto of energy-labor bill will weaken state efforts to tackle climate change appeared first on Maine Morning Star