To the Editor: In a recent letter to the editor, Serge Abergel, director of communications of Hydro Quebec, wrote a letter of rebuttal to Jonathan Carter’s letter which explained in depth how the Megadams of HQ are starving the gulf of Maine of nutrients. Mr. Carter stated facts are the truth, according to a documentary […]

To the Editor: I read the letters from Darryl Wood and Jonathan Carter (4-2-21) several times over, looking for their arguments against CMP corridor project.  Here’s what I found: Hydro Quebec is rich, AND it’s not American. CMP is rich, AND it’s not American. Hydro Quebec has participated in lobbying Maine citizens and legislators.  This […]

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Serge Abergel, director of communications Hydro-Québec letter to the editor “Opinions should be based on facts, science and honest conversation” on 3/26/2021. I whole heartedly agree and I also believe it’s important to present all the facts. Per the Natural Resource Council of Maine as referenced […]

To the Editor: In the March 26 edition of the Franklin Journal, Serge Abergel wrote a letter to the editor called “Opinions should be based on facts, science and honest conversation.” In it, he cited  “studies” and pretended to be an unbiased proponent of “clean energy.” This is a very interesting letter, from the Director […]

To the Editor: A reply to Mr. Abergel’s “Opinions should be based on facts, science and honest conversation”. Thank you Mr. Abergel, Director of Communications, for Hydro-Quebec for insightful comments on my opinion piece “Tell the Truth About the Corridor”. Just for your edification, I was trained as a scientist, a forest biologist. I so […]

To the Editor: LD 125 will help protect our health, the health of Maine’s environment, and the health of our organic farms, while encouraging healthier and more sustainable forestry practices, Aerial spraying of glyphosate and other synthetic herbicides is on the rise in Maine forestry management, despite being contrary to state policy. These herbicides are […]

To the Editor: Response to Mr. Carter/Lewiston Sun Journal (https://www.sunjournal.com/2021/03/12/tell-the-truth-about-the-corridor/) There are folks in Maine who dislike the Clean Energy Corridor. People are obviously entitled to their opinion on the matter, and Hydro-Québec respects that entirely. The building of infrastructure almost always faces social acceptability challenges. In this context, a thoughtful and healthy conversation is […]

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Daylight Savings Time is now here and with it an occasion to take a glimpse at how we arrived at It. The concept of Daylight Savings was first notably advocated in a 1784 article by Benjamin Franklin. But it took many decades before it gained a foothold in America. Though the twice a year changes […]

We love our anniversaries. Newspapers typically feature them as in century and half century retrospectives. So, let’s now turn the clock back a bit, not 100 or even 50 years but just one year ago. It’s late February 2020, the time when the first cases of community transmission of the Coronavirus were reported in the […]