PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 18, 2024
Offshore wind is necessary for the planet and presents a wonderful economic opportunity for Maine. Why use Sears Island over the already environmentally degraded Mack Point, an ideal location particularly with Sprague Energy willing to offer the site? No one wants to turn Maine’s largest connected, undeveloped island into an industrial site, but another reason, overlooked in the press, is that Sears represents a concentration point for migratory songbirds. On a single morning at sunrise thousands may fly northward across the causeway. Once Sears is irrevocably modified it is gone for good. The loss to the community is tragic, even disregarding the impact on birds. ~ Tom Aversa, Unity