MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 19, 2021
We need to stop burning fossil fuels as soon as possible if we are going to put off even worse catastrophes than the heat waves, severe storms and forest fires we saw in 2021. We need everyone to be working toward the same goal, and it’s frustrating to see how hard that can be. We don’t have time to watch promising projects stall and fail because we lacked the foresight to make sure that the necessary infrastructure exists. If the financial incentives aren’t driving the utilities in the right direction, regulators and lawmakers should make them do it. Maine can’t wait any longer.