Category: Library
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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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Maine’s Sears Island Causeway Permit Probed
Possible Missing Culvert Could Be a Permit Violation Washington, DC — A 40-year-old permit is under scrutiny and may be yet another fly in the ointment for plans to develop Sears Island into a logistical hub for future floating offshore wind facilities, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and…