PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 26, 2024
To claim that the argument over where to locate the offshore wind facility in Penobscot Bay stacks up as coastal preservation versus climate change mitigation fails to pay attention to the real, ongoing Sears Island versus Mack Point argument. The economic impacts of offshore wind jobs in Maine appear to be the same regardless of whether the proposed facility is located on Mack Point or Sears Island. I agree that it is past time to stop the “zig-zagging” and “scuffle” that continue to delay a meaningful climate change response. It is also past time for us to come together and acknowledge the “hard reality” that Mack Point is not only a viable option for the proposed offshore wind facility but, from all available indications, a better choice, and get on with making thoughtful climate-change-informed choices. ~ Steve Miller, Islesboro Islands Trust.