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.
In a scenario reminiscent of similar battles, plans for overhead transmission lines are being pushed by key politicians but fought by those directly affected.
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.