NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF MAINE • July 26, 2021
Maine’s Climate Action Plan is appropriately titled Maine Won’t Wait. With record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in the western U.S., deadly floods in Germany, and a heatwave sweeping across Siberia, it is abundantly clear that the planet can’t wait any longer for the necessary widespread, global, and transformative actions required to address the mounting impacts of climate change. That’s why we’re pleased that Maine lawmakers took this assignment seriously this year, enacting a slate of important measures to promote clean energy and reduce pollution. Although Maine lawmakers considered and ultimately passed dozens of climate action and clean energy bills, here are our Top 10 most significant actions that have become law: