As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: New water wars are coming to the American West
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Maine Voices: It’s time to rethink how we prevent child abuse, neglect
The state must prioritize prevention and early intervention services to stabilize struggling Maine families before they are in crisis.
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Doyle McManus: We’re two Americas, vaccinated and unvaccinated. College football could fix that
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Commentary: Rural Maine cooperative holds up well when compared to CMP
A commentary fails to acknowledge that Eastern Maine Electric’s rates are very close to CMP’s, though the investor-owned utility’s territory is much cheaper to serve.
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Douglas Rooks: Voting rights can’t be left to states
The object should be creating minimum standards states must meet, something Congress has done before, such as the “motor-voter” law for registration access.
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Maine Voices: Maine’s senators must lead on gun-violence prevention
The Bipartisan Background Checks Act is a common-sense way to make sure that people legally banned from owning firearms won’t get their hands on them.
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Maine Voices: I don’t like CMP. But I don’t support a publicly owned Maine utility.
More aggressive enforcement by the PUC is a better way to ensure the utility is prepared for the dramatic demands on the grid we’re going to face.
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Maine Compass: Protect pollinators the right way
Banning neonicotinoids is not the answer because they are not the problem, a Somerset County commissioner writes.