BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 10, 2026
This is in response to the recent column by Peter Dugas and Jeff Marks supporting the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). This bill, as currently drafted, would be the most significant reversal in environmental and community protections in decades by favoring fossil fuel projects. David Watkins of the Union of Concerned Scientists writes: “BAAJA undermines bedrock environmental laws while granting the fossil fuel industry more power, more access to public lands, and less accountability. Tell Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, to ask them to vote “no” on this latest version of BAAJA. ~ Bob Lodato, Charleston