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May 10, 2012
Dear Mr Howard: As the Department of Transportation’s Project Manager for the proposed East West Corridor I am requesting the following information as a Maine citizen under the Freedom of Information Act; Preliminary plans for the 220 mile corridor, including location, roadway layout profiles, proposed pipeline locations or future infrastructures, such as wind generated power. Narrative of the projects purpose and identification of who would own and maintain the corridor upon completion of construction. Identification of private entities [...]
Continue reading FOAA request to Nathan Howard
By Chris Buchanan, Special to the BDN Posted March 18, 2012, at 3:24 p.m. http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/18/opinion/east-west-highway-a-raw-deal-for-mainers-gold-mine-for-investors/
Maine legislators are considering a bill to spend $300,000 of our tax dollars to fund a financial feasibility study for a private toll road across Maine which would have major consequences for Mainers. On March 12, the Senate passed LD 1671 by a narrow vote of 19 to 15. The House vote could come very soon followed by a second Senate vote.
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Continue reading East-west highway a raw deal for Mainers, gold mine for investors
MAINE COMPASS: Is the east-west highway a plan to exploit Maine for energy triad?
Chris Buchanan, published 3-12-12 in the Morning Sentinel
Canada is developing natural gas fracking fields in Quebec and New Brunswick, and a liquid petroleum gas tank is proposed for Searsport.
We are concerned about whether the proposed east-west highway might be destined to become a supercorridor to transport LPG in trucks to Canada and natural gas by pipeline along the highway to the Maritime provinces for [...]
Continue reading Connections Found between East-West Highway, Canadian Fracking Fields, and Searsport LPG Tank
As a voting resident and person who loves Maine “the way life should be” it has come to my attention that LD 1671, An Act To Provide Funding to the Department of Transportation for a Feasibility Study of an East-west Highway, is scheduled for a public hearing. As my memory serves, such a road has been under discussion and proposed off and on for approximately 20 years. At this point in time, it seems to be that the Cianbro Corporation wants to move ahead [...]
Continue reading Marie Zwicker’s Testimony in Opposition to LD 1671
H2O comes at a price for both our health and the environment
By: Alexa Coppola
On any given day in the progressive 21st century, a relatively intuitive economist might ask himself, “What may be the next most valuable commodity?”A greedy economist without regard for the environment or for his fellow citizens of the planet would tell you that water may be next in line for items of greatest value.Water — yes, water. The same water that runs through the tap [...]
Continue reading Poland Springs: What it Means to be Exploited
Tribe’s water threatened I found the BDN’s May 9 story “Tribes walk to promote clean water,” concerning the 2011 Mother Earth Water Walk, inspiring and well-written. It underscores just how much most Native Americans value clean water. Why then is there currently a plan at Indian Township to exploit its water resource by selling volumes of it on the open market through a proposed bottling enterprise? I don’t see anything sacred about that. This has all been pretty hush-hush as [...]
Continue reading Tribe's Water Threatened, May 10, 2011
July 7th, 2011 | Category: Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed | Our letter to the editor did appear in the April 5, 2009 Sunday Telegram on the Editorial page under Another View. However, the passages in red were eliminated from our original. Just another example of the Press Herald filtering out controversial issues in support of big money interests.
Marty
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The Portland Press Herald (Tuesday, March 24, 2009) believes that Fryeburg’s loss, in judicial court, to Poland Spring should teach a lesson regarding “guidelines for policies or practices contained in a [...]
Continue reading Letter to the Editor March 24, 2009
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