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- Editorial: Maine can have both hydro and wind power (7/23/13)
Renewable power is an important part of Maine's energy future, regardless of the source.
- Opinion: Cambridge Discovers the Limits of Its Green Virtue (7/19/13)
This might have been a story about the little train that could. Rather, it's about the big train that could not. (Ben Compaine teaches management and entrepreneurship at Northeastern University in Boston)
- Opinion: Bold energy bill is game changer for Maine (7/17/13)
As lawmakers, we do our best work when we put our political labels aside and work for the people of Maine.
- Opinion: Pipeline Paranoia Preventing Portland Project (7/13/13)
Here in New Hampshire, we’re used to getting national political attention. It’s usually a good thing. Unfortunately, New Hampshire and Maine have recently been dragged into the fight over a controversial pipeline project that doesn’t have anything to do with us.
- Editorial – New Route for Northern Pass; Better But Not Good Enough (7/7/13)
The developers of Northern Pass returned the other week with a new route that certainly represents an improvement over the previous one. But what they really need to get the project on track is a new attitude — one that recognizes that their only hope of success lies in working with state and local officials to minimize the project’s impact on New Hampshire.
- Opinion: Jobs, innovation: What offshore wind can do for Maine (7/21/13)
In recent days, heated outcries have been made in these pages and in other Maine media outlets criticizing the action taken by the Legislature in directing the Maine PUC to reopen the process of accepting power purchase agreement proposals for offshore wind
- Editorial: Connecticut Energy Costs Headed In The Right Direction (7/19/13)
It's mild good news, but good news nonetheless: Connecticut — which still has among the highest electricity costs in the nation — has seen power rates drop for each of the first four months of this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Opinion: Hydro-Québec should bury its proposed Northern Pass power line (7/15/13)
Nancy Martland is coordinator of Sugar Hill Tower Opponents, a group in New Hampshire opposed to the Northern Pass project
- Editorial – The shared responsibility for safe oil transport (7/11/13)
It’s too early to draw conclusions about the events that preceded the fiery, deadly train wreck in Quebec on Saturday that left at least 60 people dead or missing and more than 30 buildings obliterated. Police are investigating to determine whether foul play or criminal negligence caused the train to run away and derail.
- Editorial – Energy for tomorrow, if not today (7/7/13)
If you are like us, the Northern Pass debate is something first thought foreign to those living in the southern New Hampshire. After all, it involves places we seldom visit like Pittsburg, nearly four hours from the Seacoast. Over time, however, we have come to understand its importance — even in ways unexpected.