Innovator on clean energy and environmental challenges. former Maine PUC; ME DEP Commissioner(s) RGGI chair, founder; @BernsteinShur @DavidLittell@bsky.social
Portland, ME, New England U.S.
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The Maine Legislature is considering, this week, a rush job (LD 1777) to impose retroactive charges on community solar projects already built over the last five years. Maine's form of net energy metering is called Net Energy Billing and this bill guts NEB:
pressherald.com/?p=7464622T
It's one thing to change rules going forward with fair notice; it's entirely another to sandbag a billion $ of steel in the ground with retroactive changes after the projects are built and financed.
Yes Senator Ernst, "everyone dies" when they can't get basic insurance coverage for an asthma inhaler: 22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler nbcnews.com/nightly-news/vid… via @nbcnews
Happy New Year from Lulea, Sweden! Mother nature was magnificent on New Years Eve and the first hour of 2025.
what a simple and good idea. Better and less expensive than manhole style drain inserts.
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GDP growth at 2.8 percent, PCE inflation 1.5 percent. This puts a capstone on an incredibly successful response to the pandemic — even if many people won’t believe it bea.gov/news/2024/gross-dome…
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America's share of the world's market capitalization has grown steadily since 2010.
It is now higher than it was under any former president since Ronald Reagan.
So much for the claim that "America is in decline".
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Senate Intelligence Committee member Mark Kelly warns of a “huge” misinformation campaign by foreign actors. After hearing from the FBI, DNI, and NSA, Kelly estimates that 20%-30% of the political content and comments on social media are generated by Russia, Iran, and China.
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Honored to join this distinguished group:
741 National Security Leaders, comprised of over 230 general and flag officers, including 15 retired four-star generals and admirals, 10 cabinet secretaries, 10 service secretaries, and 148 ambassadors endorse Kamala Harris for President
nsl4a.org/nsl4a-announcement…
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In the debate, Trump claimed he he fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper because he “did a bad job”
Trump fired the Iraq war vet & lifelong Republican by tweet on Nov 9, 2020
Here’s the real reason. This is how close we came at the end of Trump’s term 👇
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Woah! New research shows how vital biodiversity is to thriving humanity: In US counties where bats declined from white-nose syndrome, insect numbers surged, leading to a 31% rise in pesticide use and subsequently *an 8% increase in infant mortality*! #Biodiversity #Conservation
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“General H.R. McMaster told CNN that Trump sought to negotiate with the Taliban as U.S. troops began leaving, which undermined the Afghan government. As a result, Trump forced the Afghan government to release 5,000 members of the Taliban.”
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Country over party! 🇺🇸
More than 200 Republicans who worked for former Pres. George H.W. Bush, former Pres. George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mitt Romney endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, saying democracy would be "irreparably jeopardized" by another Trump admin. cbsn.ws/3T2Pt8s
