By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“It’s a bad deal for Mainers, at a time when energy is getting more and more expensive, we are spending public dollars to not build energy resources and to not bring electricity prices down.” -Nick Janzen with Maine Conservation Voters, on the Trump administration buying back offshore wind leases in the gulf of Maine.
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A wind turbine along the Columbia River near Goldendale, Wash. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
By Kaitlyn Budion
The termination of two federal leases in the Gulf of Maine present the latest layer of uncertainty for offshore wind projects, once thought to be key to Maine’s energy secure, low-carbon future.
By Amelia Twyman
The prime time for ticks is here in the United States, and after an especially active start to the season, experts are urging the public to stay alert and take preventive measures.
By Kevin Hardy and Jonathan Shorman, States Newsroom
Many state leaders hope that a renewed focus on federalism could help lower the national political temperature. By shifting more political decisions to the states, they envision a nation less subject to blue-red swings that change the entire course of federal law enforcement, environmental policy and business regulation.
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