Portland Protectors

This excellent piece from Ivy Frignoca, Friends of Casco Bay, and Luke Frankel, Natural Resources Council of Maine, points out why Wyman Station in Casco Bay, owned by a $200B megacorporation, should NOT be allowed to flout the law and continue emitting high levels of dangerous air pollution for the next 13 years, as the Maine Department of Environmental Protection wants to allow. 🔆🔆🔆🔆 Remember, the Maine DEP is the agency that decades ago gaslit farmers and organic proponents by saying sewage sludge was perfectly safe and great to spread on farm fields. 💩💩💩 We all know how that turned out. 💩💩💩

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"Wyman Power Station on Cousins Island, which burns heavy and residual oil, recently submitted a request for a clean air exemption to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that would allow it to avoid complying with updated air quality standards for nitrous oxides (NOx).

In its request, the plant owner, Florida-based NextEra Energy, says it plans to operate Wyman Station for 13 more years.

Wyman should not be granted this exemption.

By May 2026, sources like Wyman Station that emit NOx were required to reduce their emissions with new technology or seek the use of alternate technology. Wyman proposed to keep emitting at its present levels, with no updated technology.

A major energy company valued at more than $200 billion should not be allowed to skirt these common-sense safeguards by arguing that compliance is too expensive based on questionable reasoning.

Unfortunately, the DEP has issued a draft license approving the exemption for Wyman, siding with NextEra’s claim that it is unreasonably expensive to install new technology to comply with the new NOx standards given the plant’s infrequent operation.

The Natural Resources Council of Maine and Friends of Casco Bay have joined Yarmouth residents, Conservation Law Foundation, Slingshot, Clean Air Task Force and Maine Conservation Voters to oppose NextEra’s request to avoid complying with the stricter standards that it claims are too expensive."
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