PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 28, 2024
Earlier this week, the city of South Portland conducted a design charrette over a hypothetical development plan for a portion of Ferry Village nestled between the crude oil tanks of Portland Pipeline and the Coast Guard station. The folly of contemplating new development in flood-prone areas in the face of rapidly rising seas seemed obvious. Developers may garnish their projects with green technology and engineering, attempting to safeguard their own high-end constructions. Meanwhile, the world burns and floods as the flow of capital that motivates development mostly translates to consumptive lifestyles at the very top that are themselves the drivers of climate change. ~ Eben Rose, geologist and former South Portland city councilor