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Amid a torrent of public comments at a recent Rockland City Council meeting to discuss a proposed Midcoast natural gas pipeline, a teenager’s honest expression of bewilderment stood out: “I am surprised by this project.”
And well she might be. Why are we even discussing new fossil fuel infrastructure when scientists tell us that to forestall further climate catastrophes, the world has a decade to cut its carbon emissions nearly in half?
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor.
The Maine Monitor, formerly known as Pine Tree Watch, is a local journalism product published by The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic news organization based in Augusta.