LD 1810 – Monhegan Commons

Maine ocean windfarming bill passed into law: Monhegan & more distant offshore get the incentives

April 12, 2010April 13, 2010 Peter

Several takes on the conclusion of LD 1810, An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task Force What all sources agree on is that the state is leapfrogging over state waters to much windier sites ten miles and more offshore for utility size windfarming. It is also noted that the state […]

Key Maine legislators tell committee: No windfarms in state waters – bad for fishermen. Monhegan discussed

March 13, 2010March 15, 2010 Peter

Thursday March 11th, the Legislature’s Utility and Energy Committee held its public hearing on LD 1810. Listen to the legislators and testimony to them by MDEP, DMR, Neptune Energy & other would-be wind industrialists, and opponents and supporters of the same. Lance Burton describes to legislators his life on Monhegan and in Castine and what […]