The latest referendum push wouldn’t just block this project but would also create hurdles for other clean-energy proposals.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
Maine Voices: Asset building key to breaking cycle of poverty
Often-overlooked housing programs and models can help working poor Maine families build the equity they need to weather financial storms.
Maine Voices: Recent Portland Adult Ed graduate a role model as we hurry up and wait
Neither snow nor distance nor wheelchair snafus disrupted the gratitude and grace of his 10-year quest for a diploma.
Maine Voices: Law enforcement vital in the fight against opioid overdose
Medicine-assisted treatment and harm reduction are not enough to stop the rising death toll in Maine.
Maine Voices: Seeing skin, power and history from a child’s perspective
At a Caribbean ceremony for a monarch in England, a 3-year-old recognizes the woman who should have been celebrated.
Maine Voices: Cities, states leading the way in combating climate crisis
Our country’s plan to formally exit the Paris accord Nov. 4 is discouraging, but there’s reason to hope.
Maine Voices: Surge in immigrant detention can be stopped at the ballot box
If the inhumanity of the Trump administration’s policy toward undocumented immigrants doesn’t sway voters, maybe the cost to taxpayers will.
Maine Voices: Democratic Party heading in the wrong direction on immigration
The party’s platform is centered on a selective application of law enforcement that looks a lot like ‘openish’ borders.
Maine Voices: Women’s health at risk with new Supreme Court justice
Voters should remember at the polls the unjust process that pushed Amy Coney Barrett to a Senate vote.
Maine Voices: Let’s stay united as Mainers amid our religious, political differences
We can commit to actively protecting the right to vote by pledging to ‘defend democracy faithfully.’