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Maine Climate Council
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England
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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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland councilors to consider student-led ‘climate emergency’ resolution
The resolution would commit the city to pursue ambitious goals on addressing climate change.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Gov. Mills wants Maine carbon-neutral by 2045. What will that take?
For this richly forested state, it may not take much beyond previously announced greenhouse gas cuts.
Posted inLocal & State, News
As sea levels rise, coastal communities grapple with cost of adapting
Municipal leaders and planners gather in Belfast to discuss how to pay for the costly infrastructure projects needed to better protect their communities in the future.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Gov. Mills launches Maine Climate Council with a call to action
Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy praises Maine’s effort, and notes, ‘Nothing innovative starts at the federal level.’
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Uncategorized
Gov. Mills discusses climate change with European officials, U.S. governors
Maine’s governor meets with European climate leaders, Brazilian regional officials and other U.S. governors to discuss how states can help the nation meet Paris climate targets.