increase font size Maine Voices: Rushed development of offshore wind will have unintended fallout Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean. By Jason Joyce and Linda GreenlawSpecial to the Press Herald Share There are almost a dozen bills before the 130th Maine Legislature that will help fund and support massive industrialization in the Gulf of Maine. These bills include L.D. 1689: An Act to Ensure Equity in the Clean Energy Economy by Providing a Limited Tax Exemption for Certain Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects; L.D. 1231: An Act Concerning Climate and Community Investment Projects; L.D. 1634: An Act to Create the Maine Generation Authority; L.D. 1659: An Act to Create the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, and L.D. 336: An Act to Encourage Research to Support the Maine Offshore Wind Industry.