Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets. When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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PublishedApril 18, 2010
Green jobs prove difficult to capture in black and white
Maine tries to get a handle on what skills and training are needed to power a clean-energy economy.
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PublishedApril 15, 2010
Turnpike paving set to begin
The $3.7 million project includes the resurfacing of all four northbound and southbound lanes from mile marker 44 in South Portland to mile marker 51 in Falmouth.
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PublishedApril 15, 2010
Canada still barring ship access to proposed LNG sites in Maine
The state ends a ban on energy corridors, which would help its northern neighbor, but there’s no reciprocation.
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PublishedApril 13, 2010
Gun supporters plan Portland event
The “open-carry” event is organized by people who want to publicize the right to have properly holstered handguns in daily life.
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PublishedApril 13, 2010
CMP faces critical turning point
A report this week will help decide the fate of a huge $1.6 billion upgrade of its transmission system.
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PublishedApril 11, 2010
State using cold cash to pry loose aging iceboxes
Maine will launch a refrigerator recycling program this fall for people who want to upgrade to an energy-efficient model.
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PublishedApril 9, 2010
Marketing firm coming to campus in Falmouth
Within two years, Stephen Woods hopes to add 100 employees to his 42-person company, emg3.
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PublishedApril 7, 2010
Pingrees address local business people in Portland
Both Hannah and Chellie Pingree spoke at the Portland Community Chamber’s monthly breakfast meeting.
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PublishedApril 6, 2010
Maine putting its energybehind efficiency project
A three-year plan calls for spending $180 million on an ambitious program to reduce residents’ fuel consumption.
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PublishedApril 4, 2010
Excess wind power finds home on Maine islands
Thermal storage heaters could help Vinalhaven and North Haven offset the high cost of petroleum.
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