BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 28, 2025
Thousands of good-paying union jobs are at stake in Maine. The U.S. House of Representatives just rammed through a budget bill that would gut clean energy tax credits and upend Maine’s energy future. The elimination of those critical federal energy investments creates massive uncertainty for energy companies, imperiling energy projects — and the livelihoods of union workers — that are already in the pipeline to be developed across our state. Tax credits for clean energy projects are supporting hundreds of projects across Maine that are set to bring in thousands of family-sustaining, union jobs to our communities. 70% of Americans oppose taking away federal energy incentives. Americans want the lower bills and good-paying union jobs that clean energy projects will deliver, not tax cuts for the rich. ~ Grant Provost, Brunswick, vice president of the Maine AFL-CIO and Maine Labor Climate Council board member