This week’s ClickBack asks editorial page readers to consider and weigh in on cutting old trees, drilling for oil off U.S. shores and state government coming to the rescue in the energy crisis. To participate in ClickBack, the BDN’s interactive feature, go to bangordailynews.com and click on the ClickBack logo. Some of the comments posted may be printed in a column on Friday’s OpEd page.

Trees believed to be more than 100 years old have been discovered on Plum Creek’s land in Elliotsville – should the company cut them?

Members of the Native Forest Network and other conservation groups want the trees – which are in a 200-acre plot near Big Wilson Stream – to be preserved as rare examples of old growth forest. But Plum Creek officials say the company plans to harvest them. Doesn’t Plum Creek have the right to cut what it owns? Or would it be a good corporate citizen by saving the trees?

Gov. John Baldacci and legislators are considering holding a special session this summer to deal with energy concerns. Will solutions be generated, or is it political posturing?

The governor says such a session would have legislators consider short-term and long-term solutions to the problems that are likely to come this winter as Mainers struggle to pay for fuel to heat their homes. A special session of the Legislature costs about $40,000 per day – is it worth it? What solutions should top the list? Should new taxes or fees be considered to pay for solutions?

Is it time to expedite offshore oil and natural gas drilling?

The high cost of oil and natural gas has many elected officials reconsidering their positions on offshore drilling. Should environmental considerations be set aside because of the energy crisis? Would you allow drilling rigs off the coast of Maine? Or is it just OK if it’s off another state’s coast?

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