PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 6, 2024
January’s back-to-back coastal storms eroded our coastlines, destroyed family homes and wharves, and swept years of hopes and dreams out to sea. We need to imagine a different future coast, one where our infrastructure, businesses and homes can withstand storms like these and the forces of climate change. Gov. Janet Mills recently announced two important investments that can help us build back higher, stronger and greener. The first is an additional $5 million for the state’s Community Resilience Partnership (CRP) which will allow 100 communities from across all Maine to receive $50,000 each in grants to implement community priorities developed through a climate resilience planning process. Gov. Mills called for another $50 million for the climate change adaptation fund that will provide critical infrastructure across the state – both coast and inland – that can better withstand a changing climate. ~ Nick Battista, Island Institute