Maine Voices: Want a healthy planet? Check your rivers

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Published
August 12, 2020

Maine Voices: Want a healthy planet? Check your rivers

Mainers should be proud of their leadership in river restoration. Still, there’s a lot more work to do.
Published
August 11, 2020

Maine Voices: Large-scale solar development rush must strike delicate balance

As projects attract investment, the risk to natural areas is high, but with careful planning, so is the reward of clean energy and good jobs.
Published
August 10, 2020

Maine Voices: Power line would disrupt commercial forest

Imported Canadian hydropower would crowd out biomass generation, hurting the state's forest economy.
Published
August 9, 2020

Maine Voices: COVID crisis hits behavioral health

Community-based providers of mental health and substance use disorder services may not survive if the state doesn't release federal funds.
Published
August 9, 2020

Maine Voices: Set a place at the table for someone who doesn’t agree with you

Over a good meal, we may never see eye to eye, but we can seek to understand, rather than to be understood.
Published
August 8, 2020

Maine Voices: Portland Public Library committed to welcoming you back safely

We’re offering a popular no-contact pickup service, we’re seeking submissions for a COVID archive and we’ll soon eliminate overdue fines.
Published
August 7, 2020

Maine Voices: Delaying vote on charter commissioners will disenfranchise Portlanders

Contrary to the corporation counsel’s advice, November is the right time for residents to decide who they want to design our new city government.
Published
August 6, 2020

Maine Voices: Listening to atomic bombing survivors’ stories is more important than ever

On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, we must understand the effects of nuclear weapons and debate their role in our society.
Published
August 5, 2020

Maine Voices: Child care essential for families to go back to work, students to go back to school

For Maine’s reopening to succeed, providers should be supported in a way that reflects their importance.
Published
August 4, 2020

Maine Voices: BIW workers are pushed to settle, but no one’s making demands of General Dynamics

Calling for a more equitable sharing of General Dynamics/BIW profits takes political courage – unions alone can’t do it.