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Steve Meyer

Steve is a geologist who has worked in exploration and production in the oil and gas business since graduating from college in 1979. He is American and has lived all over the world, but considers Maine to be home.

Opinion: Keystone XL. Let's talk dirty.

Keystone XL. Let's talk dirty.

Many people will write me off as soon as they read the next sentence. I am a geologist, I am American and I have worked in the oil and gas business for the last 36 years.