TIMES RECORD • July 4, 2024
Climate action protesters gathered at the Freeport Independence Day parade, calling for divestment from fossil fuels. About two dozen members from Th!rd Act Maine gathered on a crowded Main Street, calling for independence from fossil fuels as the Fourth of July parade marched through town. Th!rd Act Maine, a group of Mainers over the age of 60 working to fight climate change, has frequently called on L.L. Bean to pressure its credit card provider Citibank to divest from fossil fuels. The group will next demonstrate in Augusta at the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) to pressure officials to abide by a law passed in 2021 – L.D. 99 – which calls on Maine to divest its assets from fossil fuels.