A dispute over leadership and working conditions had led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine offshore wind project starts search for vendors, suppliers
The move by New England Aqua Ventus LLC is an indication that, after a dozen years, the demonstration project is moving forward.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
During pandemic, Calais hospital workers call 2-day strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions has led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Report links Maine’s post-pandemic economic recovery to clean energy efforts
Efforts to boost renewable and efficient energy use in the state also could help the economy recover lost jobs, according to a report by the Mills administration.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Developers, Portland officials parse details of Green New Deal passed by voters
The ordinance could have wide-ranging effects on building codes and new developments and some fear it will be counterproductive for affordable housing.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine PUC denies reconsideration of disputed clean-energy contracts
Two failed bidders have questioned whether some of the approved projects would ever be built or achieve the promised benefits.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Developers denied Maine clean energy contracts question selection process
Longroad Energy and Clearway Renew LLC, which submitted losing bids, say the state may not have adequately considered the viability of some projects awarded contracts.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Company plans biorefinery for zero-emission heating oil in Maine
Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. of Bangor has formed a partnership with Sprague Resources LP to produce a patented biofuel made from forest product waste.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
CMP goes back to the future in bid to calm customers, short-circuit revolt
Under fire, Central Maine Power has rehired a beloved former CEO, David Flanagan, and revived a once-popular ad campaign. Will those actions sway public opinion?
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Fuel oil prices flirt with 16-year low in Maine as the heating season approaches
The average, statewide cash price for heating oil earlier this week was $1.89 a gallon, down 31% from January.