Category: News
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Letter: Keep Sears Island green
Pebbles, seaweed, old bricks and barnacle-encrusted boulders make up the shore of Sears Island on Nov. 14, 2017, in Searsport. Credit: Aislinn Sarnacki / BDN In May of 2020 my son graduated from high school. Due to the identification of the first cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine,…
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Letter to Editor 11/10/2023
John Wyatt from Winterport writes about Maine’s windport development efforts in the November 10, 2023 Bangor Daily News, “The entirety of Sears Island should be given conservation status allowing its present uses, and any port should be confined to Mack Point.” Reference – Link to letter in Bangor Daily News…
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Statement in Opposition to a New Port on Sears Island
November 5, 2023 To whom it may concern, We are writing today to urge you to rule out Sears Island as the site of the development of a new port for supporting hypothetical oceanic wind energy development. Proper siting is an intrinsic part of “green” energy development, yet here’s another…
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Featured Commentary 10/25/23
John Krueger submitted the following to the October 25 Maine Department of Transportation Open House regarding the agency’s process for selecting a site for a port to make and launch floating offshore wind turbines.Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about the Searsport wind shore development options. My comments…
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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.
Alliance for Sears Island 