Maine

Working Together to Find Local Energy Solutions

Chellie Pingree | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Me-1, Energy, Chellie Pingree, Maine, Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Turbines, Energy Policy, Green News
Chellie Pingree

In the winter, the wind turbines we are building in Maine are expected to produce more power than we need, allowing us to sell the excess back to the grid.

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GOP, Big Oil and Climate Change

Chellie Pingree | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Chellie Pingree, Maine, Me-01, Politics News
Chellie Pingree

The Lieberman-Warner bill failed because what is missing is political will in Congress to stand up to the powerful energy companies and their well-paid lobbyists.

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HRC Has Some Bad Political Advice For Gay People

Howie Klein | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, North Carolina, Jim Neal, Tom Allen, Gay Rights, HRC, Maine, Politics News
Howie Klein

I was very proud in 1997 when Human Rights Campaign gave me a leadership equality award. After I learned more about them, I smashed my award and removed them from my will.

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Bailing Wall Street Friends, Letting Citizens Freeze in Maine, Minnesota, and North Dakota

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

Read More: CDO's, Wall Street, Fuel Dealers, Administration, Federal Reserve, Treasury, Congress, Sub Prime Mortgages, Strategic Oil Reserve, Depatment of Energy, North Dakota, Maine, Minnesota, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Unlike Wall Street, the plight of heating oil users is not a self inflicted disaster, but the culmination of this government's energy policies, which have been an unmitigated disaster.

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A Warning to Our Superdelegates

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is increasingly unseemly for superdelegates to stand by as the Clinton campaign resorts to techniques that would have made Jesse Helms blush 20 years ago.

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Michigan And Florida Need A Mulligan

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Mulligan -- (noun)  A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. This is ...

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Democratic Caucuses In Maine

Huffington Post | Posted 02.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, 2008 Elections, Democrats, Maine Caucuses, Maine, Obama Maine Caucuses, Barack Obama, Clinton Maine Caucuses, Obama 2008, Clinton 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

Mark Halperin reports that with 11% of the precincts reporting, Obama has a slight lead over Clinton, 50% to 48%. An early report from Maine has cauc...

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Friday Talking Points [18]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm going to start off with a quick piece of advice for both Democratic campaigns (or perhaps for Howard Dean) -- spend the next few weeks taping ever...

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The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

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Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From DMI's Year In Review 2007 1. Arbitrary Dispute Resolution The Seventh Amendment hasn't been repealed. So how did Americans lose the right to tr...

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George W. Bush as Marie Antoinette: "Let Them Go Ice Fishing in Maine" (Part Two)

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

That the government would not use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a symbolic gesture to counter OPEC's and the oil industry's rapaciousness borders on the incredulous, or perhaps more accurately, the malign.

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Those Damnable High Oil Prices: Blame it on the Energy Hogs Up in Maine!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.13.2007 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

A recent Times propaganda piece could have been written by the PR departments of the best and brightest of the oil companies, the American Petroleum Institute, or OPEC flaks.

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On Providing Birth Control for Middle Schoolers

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Maine Birth Control, Maine Condoms, Abstinence Education, Maine Middle Schoolers Birth Control, Birth Control, Sex Education, Sex Middle Schoolers, Maine, Sexually Active Teens, Stds, Politics News
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley

Congratulations, Portland, Maine. You've admitted what so many deny: teens are sexually active, and we need to help them stay safe and make smart choices.

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Sex, Condoms in Schools

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

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Malcolm Friedberg

Isn't handing out condoms encouraging 11-year-old kids to have sex?

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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What Democrats Need To Say Before Bush's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Democrats in Congress have to quickly decide what to do about this state of affairs. If they aren't careful, Republicans could wind up owning the "withdrawal" as a political issue.

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