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Maine Voices: Rushed development of offshore wind will have unintended fallout
Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean.
By Jason Joyce and Linda GreenlawSpecial to the Press Herald
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There are almost a dozen bills before the 130th Maine Legislature that will help fund and support massive industrialization in the Gulf of Maine. These bills include L.D. 1689: An Act to Ensure Equity in the Clean Energy Economy by Providing a Limited Tax Exemption for Certain Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects; L.D. 1231: An Act Concerning Climate and Community Investment Projects; L.D. 1634: An Act to Create the Maine Generation Authority; L.D. 1659: An Act to Create the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, and L.D. 336: An Act to Encourage Research to Support the Maine Offshore Wind Industry.
Maine Voices: Rushed development of offshore wind will have unintended fallout
Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean.
By Jason Joyce and Linda GreenlawSpecial to the Press Herald
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There are almost a dozen bills before the 130th Maine Legislature that will help fund and support massive industrialization in the Gulf of Maine. These bills include L.D. 1689: An Act to Ensure Equity in the Clean Energy Economy by Providing a Limited Tax Exemption for Certain Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects; L.D. 1231: An Act Concerning Climate and Community Investment Projects; L.D. 1634: An Act to Create the Maine Generation Authority; L.D. 1659: An Act to Crate the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, and L.D. 336: An Act to Encourage Research to Support the Maine Offshore Wind Industry.
Fishermen back proposed offshore wind ban
AUGUSTA Fishermen from across the state gave their support last week to a local legislator’s bill that would ban the development of offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine.
If passed, the bill would prohibit state officials from permitting or approving offshore wind projects along the coast.
The bill, LD 101, was introduced by Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) who is also a commercial fisherman.
“It is time to put a permanent halt to offshore wind development,” Faulkingham said during a hearing with the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.
Dozens of fishermen submitted testimony and felt that any development of wind turbines off the coast would pose a threat to the livelihoods of lobstermen.
Fishermen back proposed offshore wind ban
AUGUSTA Fishermen from across the state gave their support last week to a local legislator’s bill that would ban the development of offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine.
If passed, the bill would prohibit state officials from permitting or approving offshore wind projects along the coast.
The bill, LD 101, was introduced by Rep. William “Billy Bob” Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) who is also a commercial fisherman.
“It is time to put a permanent halt to offshore wind development,” Faulkingham said during a hearing with the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.
Dozens of fishermen submitted testimony and felt that any development of wind turbines off the coast would pose a threat to the livelihoods of lobstermen.