We pride ourselves on taking the best research out there and turning it into policies that work. Below, you’ll find reports, policy recommendations and position statements we’ve written, as well as key research by others.
Brunswick Times Record: Staff Editorial Here’s a bright side to our serious and deep economic recession: Both nationally and here in Maine, it’s spurring a sense of urgency about finally weaning ourselves from an addiction to oil. It also is encouraging a “green revolution” in the thinking of politicians, businesses and citizens alike — a [...]
By Deborah McDermott, Seacoast Online This column, in many ways, chronicles the story of a present planning for a future. I have told you week after week about people who have not only a vision, but a suppleness of action that allows them to seize the day. The state of Maine is not, unfortunately, well [...]
Bangor Daily News, Staff Editorial Big problems require big solutions. And no problem is greater than the need to move away from petroleum-based energy. President Obama has launched initiatives that begin to move the nation in this direction, but there is much more to be done at the state level. A plan developed by the [...]
Our financial challenges offer a chance to re-think our economic system By Peter Alexander With all the rush and anxiety to get our economy (and the world economy) moving again we are at risk of losing an opportunity to redesign from the ground up the way the economy works. After all, what good would it [...]
Building a new energy economy based on increasing efficiency and developing new energy sources requires the development of a trained workforce. Robert Brown and Clifford Ginn point out that Maine could be in an excellent position to take advantage of “green economy” work. http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/files/pdf_mpr/brownGinn_V17N2.pdf
Robert E. Brown II and Clifford M. Ginn Maine Policy Review, Issue 17 Number 2 Fall/Winter 2008 Maine has enormous potential to build a new energy economy that will sustainably produce, distribute, consume, and reduce demand for energy. This will lower costs for citizens, businesses, government, and civic institutions while reducing global warming. Following the [...]
By Rob Brown & Auta Main The days when a high school diploma assured a good job for life are long gone. Like most growing industries, even Maine’s manufacturing sector now frequently requires education well beyond high school just to get in the door, let alone advance up the career – and income – ladder. [...]
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By: Charlie Adelman In an effort to compete with its northeast neighbors, Maine lawmakers are proposing the state give college graduates tax credits for living and working in the state after they get out of school. If Maine voters pass the proposal in November, any graduates of Maine’s public or private universities, including community colleges, [...]
By ANNA FIORENTINO, Staff Writer They turned their backs on bureaucracy, closed their eyes to failure and took a free fall into the political abyss. College debt had officially driven one group of young people over the edge. But letting go may have been just what they needed to get themselves out of it. “When [...]
