PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 13, 2024
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law – the largest investment in clean energy and climate action in American history. Two years later, NOAA is spending an unprecedented $3.3 billion to lay the groundwork for a climate-ready future. Investments are being brought to life in Maine by a $69 million Climate Resilience Regional Challenge award to support Maine’s award-winning “Maine Won’t Wait” plan. The goal of this plan is to strengthen the resilience of the state’s working waterfronts, restore important coastal habitats – including coastal wetlands – and improve economic prosperity and security in underserved, rural and tribal communities facing existential threats to their livelihoods and ways of living. ~ Richard (Rick) W. Spinrad, Ph.D., NOAA administrator