The Daily Caller News Foundation – John Hugh DeMastri on June 2, 2023 The Biden administration on Friday ordered a 20-year…
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Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) offered searing criticism of Gov. Janet Mills during May 23 committee hearings, alleging that the governor…
Legislative Republicans in Maine offered an amendment this week to LD 1347 in the hope of finding a palatable compromise…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson Monday night went to bat for the Maine lobster. He interviewed guest Rosie Moore, a…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows confirmed this week that the effort to establish a “consumer-owned” utility in Maine, led by…
The cost for a gallon of heating oil in Maine has hit a record high. Mainers should expect to pay…
Maine, and the rest of New England, may face energy blackouts this winter due to sky prices for liquified natural…
The price of a gallon of No. 2 heating oil in Maine is back around $5.00 per gallon, according to…
On the final day of its October 2021 term, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped…
As part of Maine’s Climate Council, which is working to implement a four-year plan to decrease the state’s greenhouse gas…
On March 18, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology held a work session on Gov. Janet Mills’…
Note: I am teaching Environmental Policy this fall, for perhaps the last time. I first taught it more than 30…
The big picture of this rate increase and the surrounding conversation is simple: it is the fault of federal regulators, not CMP. Outside competitors are funding ads that are aimed to hurt CMP and blame them for something completely out of their control.
“The Invisible Hand” is a notion coined by Adam Smith in the context of economics, and in particular, the free-market…
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore wind must be vigilantly watched as future development plans take form just off of Maine’s shores.
Maine’s Committee on State and Local Government held public hearings last Friday on two bills that would require a legislative…
The legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) Committee recently held a public hearing on LD 324, “An Act to Limit…
Last week I poked the green hornets’ nest by testifying in support of LD 324, “An Act to Limit Public…
David Ismay, the Undersecretary for Climate Change within Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, resigned…