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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PublishedJune 17, 2012
Maine pipeline has good safety record
The record is of particular interest if corrosive tar-sands crude begins to flow here from Canada.
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PublishedJune 17, 2012
Maine may be central as oil flow shifts east
Companies look to move crude from Canada and North Dakota, and a Maine pipeline could come into play.
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PublishedJune 15, 2012
Norwegian company touts plan for wind farm off Maine coast
Statoil wants to build a demonstration floating wind farm off the coast near Boothbay Harbor and will hold public meetings this month to update its progress.
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PublishedJune 1, 2012
Collision on East-West highway plan
Proponents of a 220-mile privately owned toll road across central Maine provide details to 700 people at a meeting, including vocal foes and local supporters.
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PublishedMay 31, 2012
Protesters oppose plans for East-West Highway
The project’s leading supporters will provide more details and answer questions at a public event tonight.
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PublishedMay 30, 2012
Oil-by-rail shipments hold potential for Maine
The state’s railroads upgrade service as companies move more crude by train, to the dismay of environmentalists.
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
Crude from the Midwest begins traversing Maine
The state’s railroads upgrade service as companies move more crude by train, to the dismay of environmentalists.
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PublishedMay 27, 2012
As Vigue stumps for highway project, foes follow
Despite personal threats, Cianbro Corp.’s chairman says he has no plans to abandon his quest for an East-West Highway in Maine.
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PublishedMay 16, 2012
Moosehead Lake pact links 2 million conserved acres
But the tradeoff – development near the lake – leaves some still wondering if the Plum Creek deal is good for Maine.
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PublishedMay 15, 2012
Moosehead land easement to protect 363,000 acres
The easement is considered one of the largest in the history of conservation in the United States.
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