Category: Featured
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Significant Vernal Pool Habitat is protected by law under the Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA)
This past spring, two people went looking for spotted salamanders, wood frogs and egg masses on Sears Island as they and others have been doing for years. This year, of course, recording the presence of these species in vernal pools located where the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) wants to…
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MDOT Plans New Sears Island Road and Rail Access Corridor Through Current Conservation Land
5/23/2024 Though Current Conservation Land Can we hold the Maine Department of Transportation accountable for bull-dozing their way toward developing Sears Island and industrializing Penobscot Bay, along the way breaking promises, rewriting environmental protection law, changing the Sears Island conservation easement, withholding from the public important development costs and impacts and…
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Sprague Energy Mack Point Offshore Wind Plan
The Bangor Daily News published an excellent op-ed by Sprague Energy’s Jim Therriault on May 14 (https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/05/14/opinion/opinion-contributor/sprague-energy-mack-point-wind-port-plan/) that lays out the numerous reasons why building the state’s offshore wind manufacturing, assembling and launching facility there is the best alternative if it is built in Penobscot Bay. For more information, visit https://www.spragueenergy.com/mack-point.…
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The Sand Dune Bill
The Sand Dune Bill (“An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal Sand Dune Systems” LD2266 ) will come up for vote in the Maine House on April Fools Day 2024! That, according to the Maine House Advance Journal and Calendar for Monday, April 1, 2024, which we received…
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Governor Attempts Roll-back of Environmental Protections for Offshore Wind TerminalsGovernor Attempts Roll-back of Environmental Protections for Offshore Wind Terminals
3/21/2024 Governor Janet Mills’ proposed a new law titled “An act regarding offshore wind terminals located in coastal sand dune systems” first made public late Wednesday, March 13. Friends of Sears Island Vice President Rolf Olsen learned about this from a Bangor Daily News journalist and informed the Alliance for…
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Sprague Energy’s Plan for Mack Point is the Best for Maine’s Offshore Windport
The Sprague Energy offshore wind port plan for Mack Point, released for public inspection on October 5, propels Mack Point into the preferred site for Maine’s offshore wind port.