BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 19, 2022
Here in Maine, we continue to lead on heat pump distribution and other consistent and compelling action that not only benefits our communities but makes our nation safer. Earlier this year, President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to accelerate clean energy, and the Inflation Reduction Act passed this fall provides more than 24 clean energy tax credits and incentives to facilitate the clean energy transition. These investments in clean energy and pollution reductions are necessary for our economic competitiveness, environmental and personal health, and our national security. And now, just after the second anniversary of Maine Won’t Wait and Gov. Janet Mill’s announcement of $5.4 million in additional climate investments, we look toward 2023 with anticipation and appreciation for even more exciting actions on clean energy. ~ James Settele, executive director, UMaine Graduate School of Policy & International Affairs and a retired U.S. Navy captain; Jamie Barnett, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral