Regulators underestimate the cost of implementing PFAS regulations and fundamentally misunderstand the complex nature of these compounds.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: Transition to green energy impossible without the right grid
Our grid systems are totally inadequate for the task ahead. Not that you’ll hear fossil fuel interests complaining.
Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial
The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.
Siobhán Brett: Response to Trump indictment an indictment of our politics
The hush money indictment is historic. That doesn’t mean it will be significant. Or positive.
Siobhán Brett: Response to Trump indictment an indictment of our politics
The hush money indictment is historic. That doesn’t mean it will be significant. Or positive.
The Maine Millennial: The state of Maine needs my taxes more than I need a tax cut
If you think you’ll never need government assistance, know that life has a way of throwing curve balls at you.
Ben Bragdon: Don’t tell me you can’t do anything about school shootings
We have the power to make school shootings, and gun violence overall, less likely.
Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans must make life difficult for Democrats
When it comes to responding to the state budget process, many options are open to the minority party in Augusta.
Maine Compass: Maine’s laws and ordinances will not protect us from mining threats
Canadian company Exiro Minerals recently acquired the right to explore property in a residential area of Warren for heavy metals and, after acquiring those rights, met last month with the Select Boards of Union and Warren to promote itself, identify a 30-square mile area for further exploration and attempt to assuage residents of their vociferous […]
Commentary: Let’s not squander our chance to expand passenger rail
Restoration of passenger service from Brunswick to Waterville and Bangor will confer a wide array of economic benefits.