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Maine voters roundly rejected the NECEC project on Tuesday, but its developer said in a lawsuit filed this week that Question 1 is unconstitutional.

The financial sector pledged trillions of dollars toward reducing emissions at COP26, but how to enforce these promises remains unclear.

As voters cast their ballots for the November 2 elections, Mainers decided on three statewide referendum questions, including one that will determine the future of the Central Maine Power Corridor. This question was placed on the Maine ballot via a...

As voters cast their ballots for the November 2 elections, Mainers decided on three statewide referendum questions, including one that will determine the future of the Central Maine Power Corridor. This question was placed on the Maine ballot via a...

A clean energy project seeking to connect Massachusetts to renewable hydroelectric power generated in Quebec appears imperiled after voters in Maine largely signaled at the ballot box that they hope

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CMP is vowing to challenge the constitutionality of the ballot question that CMP and its allies spent $63 million trying to defeat. Now, the focus shifts to imminent legal and regulatory challenges, which project opponents worry will buy CMP enough time to complete most of the construction.

In Portland, residents also will vote on a referendum that would limit the size of future homeless shelters

A top question for voters statewide Tuesday was whether they wanted to allow Central Maine Power's $1 billion transmission line project to continue.

No matter how the vote goes, a war over competing visions for Maine's energy future could drag on well into 2022 or beyond.