As a scientist, I’d rather be working on graphs and describing solutions to the climate crisis. But upcoming elections matter.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: State grants, loans require a delicate balancing act
The Maine Technology Institute awards vital funding to businesses across the state – businesses like mine. Some of that information it can share, some it can’t.
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Maine Voices: Let’s take a leaf out of California’s book on clean cars
The Golden State is expected to move forward with ambitious emissions regulation later this week. It sends a signal to the global auto market – and to states like Maine.
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Maine Voices: Current electric vehicle rebates don’t fit the bill
Our state is incentivizing new EV purchases by higher-income drivers rather than helping others get old, inefficient cars off the road.
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Maine Voices: Short-term rental proposal shortsighted on islands, elsewhere
The story of my cottage on Peaks is the story of countless island, lake, hunting and fishing cabins all over Maine.
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Maine Voices: USM trip to Greenland sheds light on coastal communities’ challenges
Listening to Greenlanders tell stories about the dramatic effects of climate change is an illuminating experience.
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Maine Voices: A warm welcome to new Americans
New to the United States? Here’s some guidance on finding your way in the land of liberty.
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Maine Voices: Back to not getting paid for back-to-school prep
By not paying for work carried out in the run-up to September, school districts take advantage of educators like me.
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Maine Voices: Whose woods these are, I think I know …
The effects of recent chopping and changing in Baxter Woods in Portland make a summer off-leash ban seem like folly.
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Maine Voices: Reversal of Roe spells disaster for maternal mental health
We don’t know nearly enough about postpartum depression, which is both underdiagnosed and especially prevalent among mothers of color.