Author: Nathan Wadsworth

Maine’s Supreme Court is set to rule any day now on an appeal of the referendum that passed last year blocking the continued construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect Corridor–a transmission corridor that would connect 1,200 megawatts of clean energy onto our power grid in Lewiston. In the months since the referendum, it has been increasingly common to hear Mainers express a form of buyer’s remorse when they look at their energy bills and say, “I voted for that referendum but now I think I made a mistake.” Not long after the referendum vote, we learned that the price most of…

Maine citizens are becoming increasingly divided. It didn’t have to be this way. What started out as a unified effort to stay at home and practice social distancing in order to “bend the curve” has turned into alternate realities. One reality includes people who have income and/or savings and the ability to stay or work from home. This group is generally ok with staying at home longer, even if it means foregoing the revenues generated during Maine’s tourist season. It is heavily influenced by the media’s singular focus on how the prosperous lives we were increasingly enjoying will never return.…

It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t have the internet. From email to streaming music and videos to accessing endless information in a matter of seconds, the internet has revolutionized the way we work and play. There is hardly an industry in the world that hasn’t been changed by the internet, and as a result has generated unprecedented economic growth and innovation. However, Maine still faces challenges when it comes to access and speed. Today, 10 percent of Maine residents are underserved and have access to fewer than two internet service providers (ISPs). In rural Maine, like Oxford County where…