As a small-business owner myself, I can understand the financial reasons why Central Maine Power has proposed higher monthly charges for customers who generate power from solar panels and other renewable sources. Renewable energy sources are changing their traditional business model. But there’s more to energy policy than merely maximizing profit margins. There are so […]

I serve as staff adviser to Scarborough High’s environmental club. Our students receive one year of environmental science, including climate science. They attend assemblies presented by the Alliance for Climate Education, a national group educating students on climate science using NASA data. NASA’s data has been so compelling and alarming that some students have then […]

George Will should take a lesson in cause and effect. In his May 19 column (“LBJ’s Great Society recast government’s role, social norms”), he laments the dramatic decrease in the proportion of men older than 20 who are working. Perhaps he should instead celebrate the true reason for this shift: People are living longer and […]

I am writing in support of Jackie Freitas of Friendship, who objected to the annual crow hunt in Maine in a recent letter to the editor (“Crow hunt does nothing but make Maine look bad,” May 17). The crow hunt has gone on for years, but that doesn’t make it right. There is no limit […]