Citing climate change and global violence, a recent op-ed author (Maine Voices, July 13) argued water is a “political tool” and that “in Maine, multinational corporations and private equity firms are seizing water sources at an alarming rate.” Colorful, but not accurate. Maine people own our water resources. Nobody can seize them. Property owners can […]
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Letter to the Editor: Collins and backers wrong on voting rights
If Sen. Collins, in her prepared statement and the letters to the editor from her supporters Amy Volk ((July 15) and Stephanie Anderson (July 17) were trying to confuse readers about S. 1 – “For the People Act of 2021,” my guess is that they succeeded. The voting rights bill is not “an unprecedented federal […]
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Letters to the Editor: Court should revisit beach access issue
The greenheads are fading, native corn’s almost ready, the urge for fried clams is irresistible, and coastal beaches are in their full glory. Mainers anticipate this stretch of summer all year long. But while innocently trying to enjoy our coastline, some cast uneasy glances at certain homes along the beach. This has been true since […]
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Letter to the Editor: Salmon farm would violate climate goals
Where are our political leaders who have professed much concern over mitigating climate change? Gov. Mills, to her credit, established the Climate Council in 2019, composed of groups of climate change experts and tasked them to provide a plan of action in one year. In announcing the plan, “Maine Won’t Wait” she pledged that her […]
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Letter to the editor: Power line project a critical need
There is a continuing debate over the new transmission line running through Maine that will bring electricity into New England from Hydro Quebec. The sides are clearly drawn, but the arguments are often muddled by details. As we undergo an inevitable transition from fossil fuel-based energy to reduced-carbon energy sources, we need to consider two […]
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Letter to the editor: Collins’ tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea
Sen. Susan Collins’ proposed tax on electric vehicles fails to take into account the external costs incurred by the use of gasoline-powered vehicles. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, an average gasoline-powered vehicle in the U.S. releases 11,435 pounds of carbon into the atmosphere a year while an average electric vehicle only contributes 3,774 […]
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Letter to the editor: GOP needs to know that subverting democracy hurts them too
Winston Churchill remarked: “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.” A core political challenge is how to transfer power from one governing entity to another, and from one generation to another, without periodic societal meltdowns. For all its warts, some form of democracy, with broad-based buy-in, has […]
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Letter to the editor: NECEC: A comedy of errors in several acts
If Maine’s environmental integrity wasn’t at stake I would be laughing in my Moxie. I mean, the whole New England Clean Energy Connect debacle is just a perverted comedy of errors. Back room deals about Maine public lands – check. No need to involve the legislators because clear-cutting public lands doesn’t qualify as a significant […]
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Letter to the editor: Columnist’s attack on his own race was uncalled for
I appreciate efforts by the editorial staff of the Maine Sunday Telegram to not allow baseless racist accusations to get published. But apparently, it is OK to throw your own race under the bus using baseless analogies and altering historical facts. Is that why columnist Bill Nemitz was allowed to have his column printed (“In […]