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Bill Nemitz
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Bill Nemitz.
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Bill Nemitz: My takeaway from COP26? Goodbye, gassy leaf blower
Just home from Glasgow, a young scientist from Freeport sees climate change as a global – and local – challenge.
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Bill Nemitz: Fighting vaccination in a court with no names
The ‘Liberty Counsel Nine’ aren’t seeking protection from retribution. They’re hiding from common sense.
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Bill Nemitz: Next up in Maine’s power struggle: A consumer-owned electric utility
Tuesday’s vote against the NECEC transmission corridor doesn’t bode well for the future of CMP and Versant Power.
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After two wars and incalculable sacrifice, the Maine National Guard pivots to a peacetime mission
The COVID-19 pandemic is a good example of the guard’s shift from hostilities overseas to helping here at home.
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Bill Nemitz: Maine voters to CMP, Avangrid and Iberdrola: Can you hear us now?
Question 1’s overwhelming victory on Tuesday was, in the end, inevitable.
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Bill Nemitz: Halloween – the perfect antidote to a pandemic
This year, Mainers have earned the right to enjoy a candy bar – or three.
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Bill Nemitz: Not happy with your internet? Now’s the time to do something about it
Maine’s $150 million broadband expansion will go first to those communities that have a plan.
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An apology – or how a peaceful morning turned bad
Last Friday’s column lacked one key ingredient: a call to Shay Stewart-Bouley.
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Bill Nemitz: Adrift without its local news, a Maine coastal town gets its ‘Anchor’ back
A nonprofit model helped relaunch Harpswell’s monthly paper – and now it’s soaring.