Tux Turkel

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Tux Turkel is a freelance environmental and energy contributor to The Maine Monitor.

He is a former staff writer at the Portland Press Herald who covered statewide energy, environmental and utility issues for over four decades. He lives in Yarmouth.

Contact Tux with questions or concerns: tuxturkel@gmail.com

Language(s) Spoken: English

A composite of Morning Sentinel headlines about the oil embargo and a photo of a man pumping gas into his car in the 1970s.

Fifty years ago, the energy crisis officially began. And it hasn’t ended.

An attack in the Mideast led to an oil embargo in the West, and Mainers learned just how precarious their energy situation could be. The repercussions remain.

ByTux Turkel

September 24, 2023