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- Opinion: Connecticut deserves a good wind turbine law (12/2/13)
The issues that have been raised about industrial wind turbines are not new. They date back to the legislature’s Energy & Technology Committee public hearing on Feb. 3, 2011, which led to the passage of Bill 11-245 in the last hour of the legislative session in June 2011
- OP-ED | Wind Siting Regulations Will Help Secure Connecticut’s Clean Energy Future (11/25/13)
When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection finalized its comprehensive energy strategy earlier this year, they set Connecticut on a direct path to a cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy. The strategy stands to reduce energy costs for the state’s residents and businesses and positions Connecticut as a true clean energy leader.
- Opinion: How Maine can lead the way, protect electric grid from geomagnetic superstorms (11/20/13)
Unknown to the people of Maine, their state has become the focus of national and international attention. Will the Maine Public Utilities Commission act on a resolution passed by the state Legislature, championed by Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, that would protect the state electric grid from natural or manmade electromagnetic pulse?
- Editorial: Pulling the plug on Brayton Point (10/8/13)
Everyone suspected the closure of Somerset’s Brayton Point Power Plant was on the horizon, but few thought an announcement would be coming so soon.
- Editorial: Gains outweigh the costs for hydropower from Quebec (9/15/13)
The rolling hills of northern New Hampshire are among the treasures of New England, and the prospect of an elevated power line cutting across the face of these ranges instinctively seems distressing.
- Central Connecticut State coming up green (12/1/13)
The environmental sustainability movement is growing stronger on college campuses across the U.S. Central Connecticut State University is no different.
- Opinion: Maine Voices: Strategic natural gas investments critical to the state’s competitiveness (11/22/13)
The historic increase in U.S. natural gas production is triggering a manufacturing revival that can help Maine.
- Wider view needed to approach water company needs (Journal Tribune, York County, ME 11/9/13)
YORK COUNTY, ME - This newspaper shares a birth year with the facility that provides water for the Biddeford-Saco area: 1884. And while a newspaper’s advanced age adds to its prestige and standing in the community, that’s not quite the case for a 127-year-old drinking water treatment plant.
- Opinion: Gov. Hassan: We don’t just have to accept Northern Pass (9/23/13)
The Boston Globe's recent editorial concerning the Northern Pass project ("Gains outweigh the costs for hydropower from Quebec," 9/15) compels me to respond on behalf of the people of New Hampshire.
- Opinion: Vermont Yankee closing will push us closer to energy cliff (9/9/13)
- Marc Brown is the executive director of the New England Ratepayers Association