MAINE MONITOR • December 10, 2023
Stakeholder groups, focused on reducing planet-warming emissions from top sources like buildings and transportation while ensuring equity, resilience and more, are already working to update Maine’s landmark plan to combat climate change. Last week, we got the final update before the update: An annual progress report on the original 2020 plan, which sheds light on areas the state might target for getting more aggressive or sharpening its goals in the updated plan next year. This new progress report for 2023 notes a striking backdrop for the state’s climate action efforts: “Maine experienced four extreme weather events in the past year that merited Presidential Disaster Declarations.”