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Pent-up demand expected to drive surge in applications for LMF funding

A popular, state-run land conservation program is about to experience a windfall after several years of financial drought. And pent-up demand is expected to drive a surge in applications to the Land for Maine's Future program. ....

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Fishermen at odds with Mills administration over offshore wind


“Right now this is a science project. Proposing to turn the Gulf of Maine marine life, marine mammals, and sea bottom into a test tube for the benefit of foreign corporations,” he told legislators on the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.
Supporters of offshore wind, however, say those projects are essential to Maine’s future.
“The biggest threat to our environment, including the marine environment, is climate change,” said Beth Ahearn of Maine Conservation Voters. “We have to act to minimize the effect of climate change. So we all need to work together to develop climate solutions to get us off fossil fuel.” ....

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Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee's PUC term ends


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Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee’s PUC term ends
The 6-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated to the Maine Public Utilities Commission by then-Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March.
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An expired term on the three-member Maine Public Utilities Commission is giving Gov. Janet Mills an opportunity to advance her climate change mitigation agenda with a key nomination to a panel with an outsize influence on state energy policy.
The six-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated by former Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March. Mills already has begun interviewing candidates for the position, although their names have not been disclosed. ....

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