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State House: Efficiency Maine Trust, a new agency, could boost conservation, investment and new jobs. By TUX TURKEL A new state energy agency would direct tens of millions of dollars into weatherization, conservation and efficiency programs under a bill facing final consideration in the Maine Legislature. To be called the Efficiency Maine Trust, the agency [...]
In a press conference last week on the administration’s efforts to help states reduce barriers to education and training for unemployed workers, President Obama announced that he will lay out a plan in the coming weeks to fundamentally reshape the way we ensure skills for America’s workers. This announcement followed an interview with the President [...]
By Rob Brown , Special to the Sun Journal Energy costs are stifling Maine’s economy and making it increasingly difficult for ordinary people to pay their bills. The greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression has greatly accelerated the economic insecurity of Maine’s families, making this bad situation even worse. In this crisis lies an [...]
By Stephen Ward, Special to the Sun Journal This past month, I testified in support of three major bills at the Legislature: LD 886, sponsored by House Speaker Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, LD 1181, sponsored by Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, and LD 1201, emergency legislation presented by Gov. John Baldacci, each of which proposes to [...]
By Sara Donnelly, Mainebiz Managing Editor A Brunswick nonprofit yesterday released a report laying out a green energy plan it says can create more than 10,000 jobs and reduce Maine energy bills by more than $10 billion. Opportunity Maine’s “Green Jobs, Green Savings” report details a 10-year plan that includes creating an “energy efficiency utility” [...]
April 22, 2009 Reported By: Tom Porter The state of Maine could cut it energy bills by at least $10 billion and create over 10,000 jobs by the year 2020, if it embraces a bold new energy policy. That’s the gist of a new report released today – on Earth Day – by Opportunity Maine. [...]
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A nonprofit group that’s promoting sustainable economic development in Maine has come out with a plan it says could cut the state’s energy bills by at least $10 billion and create 10,000 jobs. Portland-based Opportunity Maine told an Earth Day news conference in Brunswick that investments in a green economy also [...]
By Tux Turkel Maine could cut its energy bills by at least $10 billion and create 10,000 jobs over the next decade with a comprehensive economic, energy and work force development plan, an education and work force advocacy group said today. The plan also could generate $300 million a year in market opportunities for Maine [...]
By Ron Bancroft From time to time I get e-mails in response to a column with the question: “What can I do?” What, indeed, can we do as individual citizens? The answer, of course, is “Get involved.” Attending a hearing in Augusta is not a bad place to start, although it would be best to [...]
WCSH, Channel 6 A group advocating energy efficiency released a report showing cutting back on energy consumption can save money while creating new jobs.
