BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 31, 2024
Now that federal funding for offshore wind has collapsed, and the president-elect has pledged to kill further development, it is time for Gov. Janet Mills to consider a visionary new future for Sears Island, as a migratory bird sanctuary, an uncut forest for carbon sequestration, and a zone of human respect and wonder at the raw undeveloped beauty of the Penobscot watershed and the mid-Maine coast. Instead of headlong environmental destruction, her legacy can be the rescue and preservation of an island revered and beloved by the Maine people, Indigenous and newcomers alike. ~ Bill Carpenter, Stockton Springs