Maine Climate Council
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
Maine Voices: Portland’s underserved communities are still paying for I-295
Land occupied by redundant ramps can be used for housing and job creation, while maintaining current levels of service.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
Maine climate group looking for feedback on strategies
A group charged with developing and recommending mitigation and adaptation strategies for the state of Maine is taking comments until Wednesday.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2020
State council, residents ready to take action on climate change
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Maine on target to meet near-term greenhouse gas emissions goals
New estimates of how much carbon Maine forests store indicate that achieving carbon neutrality will be easier than hitting Gov. Mills’ robust emissions targets for 2050.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2019
Commentary: Maine should take part in regional effort to cut transportation pollution
The Transportation and Climate Initiative will deliver economic, health and environmental benefits.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2019
Eastern states draft pact to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Such a plan would be overseen on the state level through a system requiring large fuel distributors to pay varying amounts to support a transportation investment fund, depending on how much pollution their fuels would produce.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2019
Our View: Transportation in Maine should be about more than cars and trucks
To lower carbon emissions, our state has to change the ways it builds communities.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Portland councilors to consider student-led ‘climate emergency’ resolution
The resolution would commit the city to pursue ambitious goals on addressing climate change.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2019
Energy efficiency remains the improbable dream
Weatherizing Maine’s older home stock is critical to meeting the state’s ambitious goals to cut emissions, but high costs and an insufficient workforce put that reduction out of reach.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Our View: Maine leads on climate response
A commitment to innovation creates an opportunity for the state to have an outsize impact on a global problem.