Category: News
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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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Morning walk on Sears Island
On May 4, Lauren Schweikert sent us this email and the incredible pictures: Morning walk on Sears Island It’s warbler migration time. I spied these 7 birds on Sears Island in less than an hour, all viewed from the paved road. We must save Sears Island. Feel free to share.…
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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…
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Sears Island Clean-Up for Earth Day
More than 20 people walked the Sears Island shoreline last Sunday, April 21, pulling and picking trash to commemorate Earth Day. Sponsored by Sierra Club Maine Chapter and Friends of Sears Island, rain on Saturday postponed the clean-up until Sunday.
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When Pretzel Logic Twists No to Mack Point Into “Yes” to Forward-thinking Climate Projects
A tremendous grassroots effort informed the Maine House of Representatives of the many good reasons to oppose LD 2266 – the sand dune bill – causing it to fail initially. However, after the Senate passed the bill, several Representatives changed vote so the second vote in the House approved the…
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Some Perspective on the Mack Point Versus Sears Island Dredging Issue
You probably read recently that Mack Point needs dredging to develop an offshore wind manufacturing, assembling and launching facility there and that such dredging renders Mack Point unsuitable or undesireable for the facility. Even the Governor, when announcing the state’s decision to build on Sears Island, said, “Unlike adjacent Mack…
Alliance for Sears Island 