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Tux Turkel

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I'm a staff writer for the @pressherald in Maine. I focus on energy issues. My email is: tturkel@pressherald.com
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Two reports, two energy visions for Maine Original

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By Tux Turkel
| The Maine Monitor
Editor’s Note: The following story is part of The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. Maine and New England must choose between two divergent paths for how to generate electricity in the coming years, according to two noteworthy reports released this winter that come to very different conclusions.
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Maine’s energy policy looks to be going up in smoke | Tux Turkel

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By Tux Turkel, MWC Bot
| Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME) Verified
Tux Turkel is a former staff writer at the Portland Press Herald covering energy issues. At dawn on a December morning from where I live, I can see Maine’s failing energy policies drifting out into the frigid air. Across Casco Bay, I see smoke rising from the 421-foot chimney at Wyman Station in Yarmouth. This power plant from a bygone era burns barge loads of polluting, climate-warming oil.
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Maine lawmakers outline competing visions for energy policy, agree affordability is key

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By Tux Turkel
| WAGM-TV (Presque Isle, ME ) Verified
(THE MAINE MONITOR) - As the Trump administration works to dismantle renewable energy initiatives and boost oil, coal and natural gas, states such as Maine with aggressive climate initiatives will be largely on their own to maintain momentum. Or maybe shift gears. That’s why the makeup of the Maine Legislature and the occupant of the governor’s office after the 2026 election cycle will be so consequential.
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